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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I bought this book 4 months ago because as an aspiring chef I have the need to learn as much as possible for lack of teachers in my area. I have learned how to make mayonaise, most of the basic sauces and the PATE and the crowd pleaser, Turkey Gallantine. I am thrilled to have this book amongst her other books in my collection which i refer to daily. I recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to learn from the masters (as there is not very many of them left)the art of cooking and making french and any other type of food. As for people who claim some sort of health knowledge like tereshina (which she obviously does not posses), I think she is one of those bitter people that needs to add some sugar and spice to her already depressing and pathethic life or better yet keep eating that darn styrofoam junk!
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Summary: My Mom Loves it, My Dad loves it Even More!
Review: I bought this book from amazon.com as a Mother's Day gift. If I would have known better, I would have bought it for my Dad as a Father's Day gift <g>.My mom is a religious student of this book, and my dad gained 12 pounds to prove it. Since my mom has no access to the web, she asked that I will write a review for her. "Ms. Child and Mr. Pepin, thank you very mucg for this great cook book. I love watching you on TV and this book is just great. My husband loves all the recipes. After 35 years of marriage, I can finally put a smile on his face and have him look forward to dinner, or should I say desert :-)."
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Summary: A book to inspire and introduce you to two famous cooks...
Review: I did not grow up watching Julia Child on her famous TV program, but I sure love butter as much as she does. I grew up in Africa so I didn't hear of her until a few years ago when I started looking for shows on TV about cooking. After watching a special on her life and then watching a cooking show where Jacques made the most delicious creations, I decided to hunt down this book. I enjoyed both Julia and Jacques' sense of humor and love the work they have done together. Most cooks need books they can cook from fast. This book is for a day when you can take the time to read from cover to cover. Not only will you learn some new techniques you never thought of (a chicken massage with butter-mmmm!), you will also see that cooks are not all the same. We all have a special talent and gift to give the world. It is good to know that these two cooks stepped out of their own kitchens and have used their lives to teach so much. I recommend this book to all who collect books and all who may be new to the world of cooking.
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Summary: FABULOUS roasted chicken and pork
Review: I enjoyed reading this book. But the cooking really won me over. The roast split chicken is FABULOUS as is the roast pork. Any cook will enjoy this book.
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Summary: Julia & Jacques Are The Best!
Review: I have always loved Julia & Jacques on their various PBS shows...I was so excited when I heard they were going to do a show together! Of course, I had to have the book, too. I like how they sometimes have differing opinions as to how something should be cooked...but they encourage you to try different ways and do what works best for you. These two have an excellent rapport, which shows in both the TV show and the book. Don't miss either! These two are a joy to read and to watch!
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Summary: wonderful!
Review: i have always wanted to know how to debone a chicken! jacques makes it look easier, though it takes some practice. this book is a must have in any kitchen. i just have one question for reviewer teresinha- what's your point?
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Summary: A Combination of Two Great Chefs!
Review: I have followed Julia Child and Jacques Pepin's careers for nearly 30 years on Public Television, individual series and through their cookbooks. This is the ULTIMATE cookbook. The cutest section is where the two chefs tell US the best way to cook a hamburger. Leafing through the pages brings a big smile to my face when I remember Jacques actually doing what he wanted even if Julia had countermanded him earlier. Get this cookbook!
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Summary: A Combination of Two Great Chefs!
Review: I have followed Julia Child and Jacques Pepin's careers for nearly 30 years on Public Television, individual series and through their cookbooks. This is the ULTIMATE cookbook. The cutest section is where the two chefs tell US the best way to cook a hamburger. Leafing through the pages brings a big smile to my face when I remember Jacques actually doing what he wanted even if Julia had countermanded him earlier. Get this cookbook!
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Summary: One nice place to start with French cooking.
Review: I have just a few things to say about this book. I bought it because Julia and Jacques are such acknowleged experts at French cooking which is something that I have wanted to learn to do a little bit of, for some time. And, this IS a good book to start with, if that is what you are interested in, but if you are not interested in an American style hamburger because you think you know how to make one, are even less interested in a chicken pot pie (FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPH!!!) because you regard them as lethal and are certain that even THEIR recipe for it COULDN"T do enough to save, are not interested in Julia's recipe for American potato salad, and mistrust the very idea of her "deconstructed" turkey because you when YOU roast a turkey, you roast it WHOLE, be prepared to ignore these because they ARE here! However, that is by no means all that is in this cookbook and there is enough helpful advice (how to save your hollandaise, also mayonnaise) and pages and pages of good recipes (Beef Bourguignon, Bouillbaisse, French Onion Soup, etc. for those of us who just want to learn to make these basics) as well as many others that I haven't had time to read yet, so if you are interested in this, their book is more than a little helpful and is, I think, worth it. However, in response to whoever called it a a book for the coffee table-there may not exist a cookbook that really belongs on anyone's coffee table and theirs is no exception. It IS a good cookbook, however, and I do recommend it.
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Summary: An antidote to the food faddists who play on our fears!!
Review: I have to add to what I wrote earlier although I do not expect it to be posted because I am going to say what I feel more that I ought to, perhaps. It is about Julia. She eats the dark meat of chicken, etc. because she LIKES IT BETTER (even though it is supposed to be higher in saturated fat than the white meat and saturated fat is supposed to lead to high cholesterol which is supposed to cause heart attacks, strokes, etc.-she how much fat the dark meat has after ot had been cooked adequately (i.e. how much fat it really contains-EVEN IF IT IS higher in fat than white meat), she does NOT remove the SKIN from chicken, turkey, etc. for the SAME reason, she uses BUTTER when she cooks, and she cooks with (as does Jacques) WINE and she DRINKS IT with her meals, too. She says, furthermore, that she eats RED MEAT several times a week because she WANTS to!!!!!I saw both of them, together and separately, on television, a few times last year, before their show(s) went off the air, and it IS important to understand that they WERE talking about managing one's consumption of butter, etc. well. Now Julia Child is in her eighties and appears to be HEALTHY, to say the least!! Only last summer I was reading a book by an American health food guru who is a doctor, another by a British nutritionist, and other nutritional articles availble to the public free at various websites, and trying, to understand and follow all this advice which was very depressing, among other things. A lot of it consisted of implied or stated DON'Ts (even if you're in good health): don't eat red meat because it causes..., don't eat the dark meat of poultry because IT causes..., don't eat the skin, even of FISH, because IT TOO causes..., DON'T EAT MEAT because NOW IT CAUSES..., BECOME A PESCO-VEGEARIAN (but avoid shellfish, especially lobsters, because THEY are CONTAMINATED with TOXINS) and YOU'LL LIVE LONGER (HOW? HOW? HOW? How will I longer live?), NO, JUST BECOME A VEGETARIAN, and for God's sake do NOT consume ALCOHOL because it MAY CAUSE...WHAT? WHAT?.....LIFE??? as part of a healthy, normal diet, COULD THESE THINGS CAUSE, AS IN MAINTAIN, L-I-F-E???!! I think so. Julia's and Jacques's cookbook, whatever it shortcomings, and it does have them in that it's more "American" than I would have liked, is an antidote to such naysayers and so it has been, and will continue to be, welcome in my kitchen. They both have my thanks.
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