The French Laundry Cookbook (The Thomas Keller Library)

Description

IACP Award Winner 2019 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed
French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley—“the most exciting place to eat
in the United States” (The New York Times). The most transformative cookbook
of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of
chef/proprietor Thomas Keller himself. Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man
obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as
satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable,
highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple
Keller’s methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it
sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape;
the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the
shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of
bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. From innovative soup
techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great
fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to
foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and
doughnuts, The French Laundry Cookbook captures, through recipes, essays,
profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America’s great restaurants,
its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. One hundred and fifty
superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen—no
shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly
tested in home kitchens. If you can’t get to the French Laundry, you can now
re-create at home the very experience Wine Spectator described as “as close to
dining perfection as it gets.” Read more Read less

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Artisan; 2nd edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1579651267
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 68
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.72 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.31 x 1.25 x 11.25 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #7,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in French Cooking, Food & Wine #8 in Gourmet Cooking (Books) #78 in Celebrity & TV Show Cookbooks
• #4 in French Cooking, Food & Wine
• #8 in Gourmet Cooking (Books)