Larousse Gastronomique available on February 28 2016 from Amazon for 17.64
ISBN bar code 9780517570326 ξ2 registered February 01 2015
ISBN bar code 9780517570326 ξ3 registered February 28 2016
ISBN bar code 9780517570326 ξ1 registered September 18 2015
Product category is Book
Manufacturered by Crown
Product weight is 1.1 lbs.
The ultimate guide to classical cuisine, now updated for the era of food processors and microwaves, completely freshly illustrated in full color and Americanized by the renowned author of Tastings. Over 900 full-color photographs and 70 black-and-white illustrations. Some books hang around long enough to become part of the language, and then they're considered classics, but the real classic earns its status with overwhelming merit; such is the case with the Larousse Gastronomique. It's been around since 1938, with 8,500 recipes, over a thousand pages of encyclopedic knowledge from A (Abaisse--a pastry making term) to Z (Zwieback--a kind of biscuit), and the final word in matters culinary. Handy for cooking terms, kitchen queries, and "hey, did you know ..." Sunday afternoons, the Gastronomique deserves respect and a big place on your cookbook shelf.
^ (2015). Larousse Gastronomique, Crown. ISBN 9780517570326 (revised Sep 2015)
^Larousse Gastronomique : The New American Edition of the World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia by Jenifer H. Lang (1988, Hardcover)ISBN 9780517570326 (revised Jul 2018)
What makes this book an essential tome for any gourmet cook, experienced or beginner, is the simplicity. Everything is easy to find and explained fully. All too many cookbooks assume that the cook already knows the basics by heart and don't bother to mention how to start a white sauce or "sauce béchamel" with a roux, even though this only means using a base of butter and flour! Anything rudimentary that you need to know can be found here, along with hundre..
