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Blending classic techniques with free-style American cooking and emphasizing freshness, lightness, and simpler preparations, this treasury of cooking from the "French Chef ...

Julia Child singlehandedly created a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she ...

Offers one hundred and fifty recipes from the French Laundry kitchen, including "parmigiano-reggiano crisps with goat cheese mousse", "shrimp with avocado salsa", and ...

First published in 1962, Elizabeth David's culinary odyssey through provincial France forever changed the way we think about food. With elegant simplicity, David explores the ...