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Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Mastering the Art of French Cooking 1

Volume 2

by Julia Child and Simone Beck
Publication Date: 30/10/2009
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The sequel to the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Among its treasures: the first authentic, recipe ever devised for making real French bread; soups from the garden, chowders and bisques from the sea; chickens poached and sauced; vegetables alluringly combined and restored to a place of honour on the menu; a lavish array of desserts.
ISBN:
9780141048345
9780141048345
Category:
National & regional cuisine
Publication Date:
30-10-2009
Publisher:
Penguin Books, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
2nd Edition
Weight:
0.8kg
Julia Child

Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California. She was graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II in Ceylon and China, where she met Paul Child.

After they married they lived in Paris, where she studied at the Cordon Bleu and taught cooking with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961).

In 1963, Boston's WGBH launched The French Chef television series, which made her a national celebrity, earning her the Peabody Award in 1965 and an Emmy in 1966. Several public television shows and numerous cookbooks followed. She died in 2004.

Simone Beck

Simone Beck was born in 1904 at Tocqueville en Caux, Normandy. In 1933, she began to study at the Cordon Bleu, then the world’s supreme school of cuisine. In 1948 she was approached by a friend, Louisette Bertholle (now Comtesse de Nalèche), to collaborate on a French cookbook for Americans.

In 1951, at the suggestion of her husband, they began to search for an American to help them, and a friend introduced Simca to Julia Child, then studying cooking in Paris. Soon afterward, the three women formed a cooking school, L’École des Trois Gourmandes, and began the collaboration that produced the several volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She died in 1991.

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I recently received this series as a gift. But I have to say that I did wonder of my use for it in the times of the world wide web. I thought this may just be a nice edition to the book shelf.

Boy, was I wrong. This women has thought of everything you could ever need to cook, as well as some beautiful French classics! Every kitchen needs a copy.

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