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Everyday French cooking for the American home

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My first and best book on french cooking. Twenty years later I have still not finished all the recipes. Sauces like you would not believe.

I own a restaurant and make everything from scratch. This book is excellent for it's simplicity and clean style. There are no ingredients you can't pronounce or you can't find in your local grocery. I have never EVER found a recipe in this book that isn't absolutely delicious. I have purchased this book several times and given it away for gifts to fellow chefs with great applause in return. You can't go wrong with this masterpiece! Enjoy!

This was a replacement for my first copy (a paperback) which i got in the 80's, and which finally fell apart from constant use. Now i have a collectors' item -- an original hardcover copy -- but of course we no longer cook like this! However, i wanted this book mostly for the wonderful memories it brought back, beginning with the person who bought me the first copy of the book, through all the great dishes which were prepared and consumed from those recipes. Ahhh, those were the days! How little we knew, or cared, about cholesterol, fat, carbs, etc., etc., etc. If only THAT clock could be turned back...