The Essential French Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes, with Step-by-Step Photographs [Hardcover]

Heather Thomas (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Courage Books (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762403799
• ISBN-13: 978-0762403790
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,669,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional photos and explanations, September 24, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential French Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes, with Step-by-Step Photographs (Hardcover)

I love this book. The recipes are very well chosen. I have already tried about 10 of them and they turned out delicious.

The step by step photos make it extremely easy to create dishes without the stress of fearing to miss an important step.

I forgot to say that I have been raised on French Food, and the book offers both variety and an excellent selection of dishes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, February 21, 2004

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Theresa McCAnn (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential French Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes, with Step-by-Step Photographs (Hardcover)

wonderful, the best cook book I own and that is saying a lot! simple, easy to follow recipes, some photos for ease of reference. I've had the book for 10 years and continue to use it as my main book, especially for guests, parties, etc. Everything tastes superb!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A real disappointment, December 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential French Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes, with Step-by-Step Photographs (Hardcover)

The book contains a variety of recipes that call for ingredients such as snails, mussels, shrimp, kidneys, beef, chicken and veal, but the step-by-step photographs were disappointing. They didn't show techniques or processes of cooking, just, on average, three snapshots of adding chopped ingredients to the pot or arranging ingredients for a salad. This book, along with the Essential Italian cookery book, didn't walk you through the recipes step-by-step, and the selection of recipes were disappointing to me, since I was looking for lighter and modern French fare. The recipes in general contained fairly simple instructions, but they were mostly for heavy dishes and ingredients.