La Methode: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking [Hardcover]

Jacques Pepin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 12, 1979

390 pgs, 6 Chapters, Introduction & Index. 1. Equipment, 2. Basic Techniques, 3. Fish and Shellfish, 4. Vegetables, 5. Poultry and Meat, 6. Bread Pastry and Desserts

Product Details

• Hardcover: 390 pages
• Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (November 12, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812908368
• ISBN-13: 978-0812908367
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,106,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jacques Pepin is the author of twenty-one cookbooks, including the best-selling The Apprentice and the award-winning Jacques Pepin Celebrates and Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home (with Julia Child). He has appeared regularly on PBS programs for more than a decade, hosting over three hundred cooking shows. A contributing editor for Food & Wine, he is the dean of special programs at the French Culinary Institute in New York City. Before coming to the United States, he served as personal chef to three French heads of state.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT book for an aspiring chef!, May 24, 2009

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This review is from: La Methode (Paperback)

I enjoy cooking and Jacques Pepin has done a masterful job of describing and illustrating in a very detailed manner many of the most basic as well as some advanced methods in cooking.