{"product_id":"mastering-art-french-cooking-book-club","title":"Mastering the Art of French Cooking Cookbook - Julia Child Rare Book Club Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a more sought after 1961 Book Club Edition (with Dust Jacket) of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking cookbook. It is considered more valuable than the regular 1961 1st edition and thus more collectible as well. The book is likely the best known French cookbook in modern history and a favorite among cookbook collectors.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e---- \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardcover and dust jacket, 726 pages \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright: \u003c\/strong\u003e1961 - this is the hard-to-find Book Club Edition with black and white title and stamp and dated 1961 with no volume number. Additionally it has smaller physical dimensions than the regular versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eAlfred A. Knopf \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eJulia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003c!-- split --\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription: \u003c\/strong\u003eMastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with over 100 instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because: \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cul\u003e\r\u003cli\u003eIt leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate confection.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\u003cli\u003eIt breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; the focus is on key recipes which form the backbone of French cookery and which lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations, bound to increase anyone's culinary repertoire.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\u003cli\u003eIt adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\u003cli\u003eIt shows Americans how to buy products from any supermarket in the U.S.A. which reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients: equivalent meat cuts, for example; the right beans for a cassoulet; or the appropriate fish and sea food for a bouillabaisse.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\u003cli\u003eIt offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\u003cp\u003eSince there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all the other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e---- \u003c\/p\u003e\r\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eBookboards and interior pages are in very nice condition. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Interior part of front cover has a small 'personalized' sticker. The top edge and fold show some tears. Front cover's top and bottom corner of interior flap are clipped so no book club indication but the size, black and white stamp and title and 1961 year with no other printing information matches with the Book Club Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sold Out Cookbooks","offers":[{"title":"HC","offer_id":35553674887320,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/4374\/4920\/products\/masteringartfrench1.jpg?v=1596191132","url":"https:\/\/cookbookvillage93939-com.myshopify.com\/products\/mastering-art-french-cooking-book-club","provider":"cookbookvillage93939.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}