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Larousse Gastronomique Recipe Collection
Librarie Larousse
Clarkson Potter, 2006
Incredible Breadth and Depth, Great Recipes
+ Great for both profesionals and home cooks
+ The Great Cuisine Bible, a Must for Every Serious Foodie's Library
I have many times over many years gone to the Larousse Gastronomique as my first step in menu planning before a grand meal. Its encycopedic breadth, its to-the-point informative essays, its side-by-side alternative recipes, and its marvelous way of linking recipes, ingredients, geographical biases ...
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La Bonne Cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange: The Original Companion for French Home Cooking
Madame Evelyn Saint-Ange, Paul Aratow
Ten Speed Press, 2005
a timeless cookbook for the ages
+ a quasi Joy of Cooking only French
+ Edifying instruction
+ French quisine has never been made so understandable
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Markets of Provence: A Culinary Tour of Southern France
Ruthanne Long
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1996
Perfect For Trips Or Just Some Dreaming...........
+ FSRS
+ Wonderful! A tour of Provence even when you can't travel.
+ you can almost smell the lavender
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Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
Julia Child, Jacques Pepin
Knopf, 1999
Perfect!
+ One of my most favorite cookbooks....
+ Love this Book
+ Fool-proof-good-food
+ Finally, a cookbook that fully explains how to do a recipe
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Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
Anthony Bourdain
Bloomsbury USA, 2004
If You Must Have Only One Cook Book Then This Must Be It
+ Bourdain is brilliant
+ Cooking insights
+ Handbook of Tasty Pleasure
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Ducasse Flavors of France
Alain Ducasse, Linda Dannenberg
Artisan, 2006
Great Chef, Beautiful Cookbook, Beginners need not apply
+ Coffee Table Cookbook
+ Blue... blue.... this book is blue (popular french song)...
+ ducasse the only wild cook from france
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The Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery: For Connoisseurs, Chefs, Epicures Complete With ...
Auguste Escoffier
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1969
Bible of Modern French Cuisine, at a budget price! Buy It.
+ The Bible of French cooking
+ The Esccoffier Cookbook
+ Fascinating to read, but not a "cookbook" in the modern sense
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Saveur Cooks Authentic French: Rediscovering the Recipes, Traditions, and Flavors of the World's Greatest ...
Colman Andrews, Dorothy Kalins
Chronicle Books, 1999
excellent book
+ Pucker up!
+ Love this cookbook
+ Ooolala I love it!
+ Authentic French A Big Hit, 3 Receipes Family Success!
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The Great Book of French Cuisine: Revised Edition
Henri-Paul Pellaprat, Jeremiah Tower
Vendome Press, 2003
Sure it's dated! But it's a great compendium of pre-modern Haute Cuisine
+ Encyclopediac Treatment of haute cuisine. A must for foodies
+ THE EPITOME OF FRENCH COOKBOOKS
This is one of those lavishly impractical texts that serious food-lovers should own because it so neatly reminds us of the aristocratic origins of French Haute Cuisine. Originally published in 1935 as L'Art Culinaire Moderne, it records, encyclopedically, the last days of the grand hotel cuisine ...
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Rick Stein's French Odyssey: Over 100 New Recipes Inspired by the Flavours of France
Rick Stein
BBC Books, 2005
overwhelming odyssey
+ great eating
+ Superb as ever!
beguiling trip in unfamiliar territory, great food and illustrations
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Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen
Clotilde Dusoulier
Broadway, 2007
Charming, fun, and good food, too
+ proof of the pudding? So far all hits, no misses.
+ Five Stars!
+ I love chocolate and zucchini
+ Gorgeous
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Le Cordon Bleu's Complete Cooking Techniques: the indispensable reference demonstrates over 700 illustrated ...
Le Cordon Bleu
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1997
If you like to eat, but have no idea where to start preparing or buying food, this is a great start!
+ Excellent book!
+ Helpful Photos and Techniques
+ Excellent
+ The ultimate cookbook
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Cooking School Provence (Cooking School)
Guy Gedda, Marie-Pierre Moine
DK ADULT, 2007
Delicious!
+ Cooking School Provence
This book is a delectable introduction to Provencal cuisine. Not only does it give simple and elegant versions of all the Provencal favorites (ratatouille, soupe au pistou, sauce remoulade, among others) it tells you how to serve and prepare an authentic meal from apertif to dessert. There are also ...
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Simple French Cookery
Raymond Blanc
BBC Books, 2005
Discover how pleasurable the simple, creative act of cooking can be, as Raymond Blanc reveals the basic techniques needed to create 40 classic French dishes. From quick and easy Roquefort, Walnut, and Endive Salad to a more elaborate Duck Leg Confit with Flageolet Beans, every delectable recipe is illustrated with step-by-step color photos as well as foolproof instructions. Acknowledged as one of ...
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Bouchon
Thomas Keller
Artisan, 2004
Fine restaurant cooking you really can do at home.
+ Beautiful book
+ Excellent gift
+ Very inspirational...
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