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Books: Cooking by Cuisine -> Cooking French
Escoffier : The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery
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by:
Cracknell, H. L.
Kaufmann, R. J.
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Publisher:
Wiley
Published: June 1, 1983
ISBN: 0471290165
Format:Hardcover
Pages:646
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Book Description
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Here, for the first time, is presented to the English-speaking public the entire translation of Auguste Escoffier's masterpiece Le Guide Culinaire. Its basic principles are as valid today as when it was first published in 1903. It
has successfully withstood the test of decades and remains a nonpareil among cookery books. Escoffier was personally involved with each new French edition of his work right up until 1921, when the fourth edition appeared. He altered and improved it over
the years in line with his ideas of modification and adaptation. It is the fourth edition which has now been translated into English for the first time by H. L. Cracknell and R. J. Kaufmann. This translation supersedes A Guide to Modern Cookery, the
English version first published in 1907; it contained a fair percentage of Escoffier's recipes but was not, unlike The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery, the comprehensive collection which contains some 2000 additional recipes. Great care has
been taken to use the original metric measurements and to give accurate conversions to Imperial and American measurements in brackets. Le Guide Culinaire is described by Escoffier himself as and#145;a useful tool rather than just a recipe book'. It does
not go into minute details of preparation, but offers to those who practise the art of cookery - whether they be professional chefs or managers, housewives, gourmets or students of haute cuisine - invaluable guidelines culled from more than fifty years'
experience. The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery is therefore a repository of all that is best in Classical French and International cookery and should be kept close at hand and referred to constantly. A Memoir of Escoffier by his grandson,
Pierre P. Escoffier, appears at the beginning of the book. An exhaustive index is also provided.
Product Description:
Presented for the first time to the English-speaking public, here is the entire translation of Auguste Escoffier's
masterpiece Le Guide Culinaire. Its basic principles are as valid today as when it was first published in 1903. It offers those who practice the art of cookeryandmdash;whether they be professional chefs or managers, housewives, gourmets or students of
haute cuisineandmdash;invaluable guidelines culled from more than fifty years' experience.
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