Visitors to award-winning chef Jean-Francois Piege's gastronomic restaurant the most-sought after table in Paris select single key ingredients from his innovative menu, which he presents in exquisite and highly-creative dishes.

Similarly, in this master-level cookbook, Piege presents more than 300 building-block recipes that can be combined in countless variations, inspiring the creative chef to compose original menus.

Recipes include white asparagus with smoked salmon and horseradish cream, peanut crisp with an aniseed, line-caught Pollock, black truffle scallops, spaghetti carbonara (in which the proportions of bacon and pasta are inverted), beef or chicken with morel sauce, bergamot custard, or cherry tarte tatin.

Featuring a cloth binding, three paper stocks, five-color printing, and a detailed index, this fine book from Frances culinary sensation Jean-Francois Piege is a perfect gift for professional and aspiring home cooks, as well as French culinary fanatics.