"This isn't just any cookery book. It is "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appet[...]

This title features soups from the garden, bisques from the sea, famous fish stews from Provence and Normandy, the real French crunchy bread, meats, vegetables and desserts in variety, all accompanied by step-by-step instructions and superb illustrations, and all in imperial units for British cooks.[...]

“Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for forty years, has been teaching Americans how.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and be[...]

En klassiker med nyskrivet förord av Lotta Lundgren

I Julia Childs vid det här laget klassiska, för att inte säga ikoniska Det goda franska köket finns ALLT för den som vill lära sig laga mat på riktigt, ryggraden i fransk matlagning. Det är noggrant, passionerat och helt befriat fr�[...]

The sequel to the classic "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"
Here, from Julia Child and Simone Beck, is the sequel to the cooking classic that has inspired a whole American generation to new standards of culinary taste and artistry. On the principle that "mastering any art is a continuing proc[...]