The New Making of a Cook : The Art, Techniques, And Science Of Good Cooking

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Summary: One of the very best
Review: This is an essential book if you are a well-disciplined cook who loves to read, and to understand the hows & whys of cooking. It's a hefty book to say the least. People who absorbed and enjoyed Julia Child will probably find this book as beneficial, and somewhat more up to date. Not for casual cooks, but for those "with attitude", not to mention a cooking passion, it's a tremendous value.

Rating:
Summary: One of the very best
Review: This is an essential book if you are a well-disciplined cook who loves to read, and to understand the hows & whys of cooking. It's a hefty book to say the least. People who absorbed and enjoyed Julia Child will probably find this book as beneficial, and somewhat more up to date. Not for casual cooks, but for those "with attitude", not to mention a cooking passion, it's a tremendous value.

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Summary: It's da bomb!
Review: This is simply the perfect book for any serious amateur or starting professional chef. This hefty volume may look imposing at first, but I promise you that it's well worth every second you spend reading it. The reader is taught classic French techniques, as well as how to adapt them to a myriad of other cooking styles. As instructional books go, you will be hard pressed to find a better one.

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Summary: Perfection
Review: This is simply the perfect book for any serious amateur or starting professional chef. This hefty volume may look imposing at first, but I promise you that it's well worth every second you spend reading it. The reader is taught classic French techniques, as well as how to adapt them to a myriad of other cooking styles. As instructional books go, you will be hard pressed to find a better one.

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Summary: The Making of A Cook
Review: This is the best cooking resource I have used in the 25 years I have been cooking. For New Years I made Chateaubriand for six for the first time ever, and it was perfect. This book does not just give you recipes, but also gives you step by step instructions on preparation.

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Summary: The Making of A Cook
Review: This is the best cooking resource I have used in the 25 years I have been cooking. For New Years I made Chateaubriand for six for the first time ever, and it was perfect. This book does not just give you recipes, but also gives you step by step instructions on preparation.

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Summary: The one cookbook to have.
Review: This is the best transatlantic summary of French cooking since Julia Child's _Mastering the Art of French Cooking_. It goes a step beyond that book (and those like it) by providing exhaustive technical and historical information on the recipes and products, and the author's distinct opinions on cooking and eating. The new edition differs from the first one in many respects, including the elimination of pates (terrines only in this one) and the recipe for demi-glace (the real thing, not the fake stuff found in restaurants these days). She also adds new recipes to address contemporary tastes for Asian and Latin American flavors, but the core is still French. The cover depicts Kamman whisking a generous amount of butter (hooray!) into a sauce. Great reading too, and no glossy pics.

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Summary: biblical
Review: Very imposing treatise on life! Everything and more that I hoped to ever learn. I just wish I had ten days to read the whole thing. No matter how I tried, I could not find the appeal of the book. It is a classic, but don't be surprised if it disappoints you. If so, pass it along to someone else. Invaluable but dry.

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Summary: biblical
Review: Very imposing treatise on life! Everything and more that I hoped to ever learn. I just wish I had ten days to read the whole thing. No matter how I tried, I could not find the appeal of the book. It is a classic, but don't be surprised if it disappoints you. If so, pass it along to someone else. Invaluable but dry.

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Summary: are you a little weird?
Review: Your spouse is gone for the weekend with your children. How do you spend your time? If it is drinking a little too much wine and looking through cookbooks, this is the book for you. Kamman is a little self important, but she really loves to cook. Her love of food is infectuous and inspiring. I was bored with following cookbooks that telll you how to do things (any idiot can follow instructions). Kamman tells you WHY you need do things. I was looking for a book that would take me to the "next step" of cooking, and this is it. This book goes into a little too much detail, even for me. But I love it. I would rather have the information and not need it, than need the information and not have it. Please take notice that I am a little weird.