La Varenne Pratique19 reviews Anne Willan Clarkson Potter, 1989 Step-by-Step + The Most Beautiful Cookbook Ever + A must in every kitchen + A very neat culinary book + The best of the best in skills             Larousse Gastronomique47 reviews Larousse Gastronomique Clarkson Potter, 2001 The Best Gift For A New Chef + Makes a great gift + Better than I thought it was going to be + The chef's bible             The Oxford Companion to Food23 reviews Alan Davidson Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Great Reading, Some odd omissions. No recipes. + Great resource + Witty and Informative + Exceptional             Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques39 reviews Jacques Pépin Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2001 Not for beginners + Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques + Excellent technique!!!! + Learn the fundamentals from a true master             The French Menu Cookbook: The Food and Wine of France--Season by Delicious Season--In Beautifully Composed ...2 reviews Richard Olney, Paul Bertolli Ten Speed Press, 2002 Possibly the most sophisticated cookbook in English + A great supplement to Simple French Food Looking back to 1970, the year this book was first published, puts its sophistications in context and underscores the enormity of its contributions. America was deep in culinary ignorance, eating out of cans and supplementing that metal-tinged blandness with gut-busting mountains of artificial ...             The Wines of the Northern Rh™ne7 reviews John Livingstone-Learmonth, Kermit Lynch University of California Press, 2005 If You Love The N. Rhones, You Need This Book + Great book for those who like northern Rhone wines + discover the wines of the northern rhone + Fabulous             Lulu's Provencal Table2 reviews Richard Olney Ten Speed Press, 2002 A classic of the first Water! Buy it!!! + Like a bit of the Domaine in my house `Lulu's Provencal Table' by renowned culinary writer and editor, Richard Olney is one of the best works in the very select genre of what might be called `culinary anthropology'. The works I know in this field are few in number but very high in quality and in the rewards for interested readers. ...             Simple French Food17 reviews Richard Olney Wiley, 1992 Olney was the real thing + My Omelette a La Lyonnaise Flopped! :) + Reads Like a Novel + Start here + Best foodbook read to date             Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine3 reviews Christopher Foulkes Larousse, 2001 A wine Encyclopdeia For Everyone. + Beautiful masterpiece + Wine with a French twist This wine encyclopedia has all the information that you will need about wine. It is useful for anyone, from the novice to the connoisseur. I agree with my fellow reviewer that France gets the lion's share of the attention, though I did find the section on Italian wines to be quite good. ...             On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen173 reviews Harold McGee Scribner, 2004 excellent + food science my friends + Foody Gift + On Food and Cooking + Great Book!             Culinaria France (Culinaria Series)13 reviews Konemann, 1999 Delicious & detailed! Brings me back to France. + A wonderful volume; much more than a cookbook + BIG FATTY,.. + Undeniably one of the best... + Mouth-watering!             The Cooking of Southwest France : Recipes from France's Magnificent Rustic Cuisine8 reviews Paula Wolfert Wiley, 2005 The Best of the Sud-ouest in English + It's Just Like Being in the South of France! + Great + Newer, but not always better + A great rework             Professional Charcuterie: Sausage Making, Curing, Terrines, and Pâtés9 reviews John Kinsella, David T. Harvey Wiley, 1996 Other suggestions + Good Enough, In all fairness This is quite an advanced book. If you are looking for something suitable for the home kitchen, see if you can locate a copy of Jane Grigson's < >. It's out of print, but readily available used at Amazon.com.             The Oxford Companion to Wine52 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 best wine resource bar none + It's all there + Great Encyclopedia + It must be great + Value for Money             Anne Willan: From My Chateau Kitchen9 reviews Anne Willan Clarkson Potter, 2000 A must have!!! + Ah, for the Good Life + Delicious recipes and an exquisite read + Exquisite French Countryside Cooking! + Potatoes             La Bonne Cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange: The Original Companion for French Home Cooking37 reviews Madame Evelyn Saint-Ange, Paul Aratow Ten Speed Press, 2005 Edifying instruction + The food geekery of another age + a quasi Joy of Cooking only French + French quisine has never been made so understandable             Saucier's Apprentice14 reviews Raymond Sokolov Knopf, 1976 Saucier's best friend + Very good book + YUM!! + Excellent condition & received very timely + Saucier's apprentice             Michel Roux Sauces13 reviews Michel Roux Rizzoli International Publications, 1996 Not Just a Pretty Book- A Great Reference + Sauces + Michel Roux Sauces + Great Sauces Source for the rest of us! Buy It. + Excellent Book             The French Menu Cookbook: The Food and Wine of France--Season by Delicious Season--In Beautifully Composed ...2 reviews Richard Olney, Paul Bertolli Ten Speed Press, 2002 Possibly the most sophisticated cookbook in English + A great supplement to Simple French Food Looking back to 1970, the year this book was first published, puts its sophistications in context and underscores the enormity of its contributions. America was deep in culinary ignorance, eating out of cans and supplementing that metal-tinged blandness with gut-busting mountains of artificial ...             Professional Charcuterie: Sausage Making, Curing, Terrines, and Pâtés9 reviews John Kinsella, David T. Harvey Wiley, 1996 Other suggestions + Good Enough, In all fairness This is quite an advanced book. If you are looking for something suitable for the home kitchen, see if you can locate a copy of Jane Grigson's < >. It's out of print, but readily available used at Amazon.com.