French: The Secrets of Classic Cooking Made Easy

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Summary: The Best Cookbook I've Ever Used!
Review: Chef friends gave this to me as a birthday present because of my love of Paris & French food and it's blown me away. In the first few weeks after getting it, I must have tried 12-13 recipes. Each was fun to make and not too complicated (though there was some "à la minute" running around) and each was delicious. They even looked like the pictures. The photos are not just mouth-watering, they're very helpful for intermediate steps, as are the Tips. I find this book beautiful, engaging, encouraging and a real treasure. Give this to anyone you know who's talked about learning how to cook French food but felt intimidated.

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Summary: Soft cover/no cover
Review: Chef friends gave this to me as a birthday present because of my love of Paris & French food and it's blown me away. In the first few weeks after getting it, I must have tried 12-13 recipes. Each was fun to make and not too complicated (though there was some "? la minute" running around) and each was delicious. They even looked like the pictures. The photos are not just mouth-watering, they're very helpful for intermediate steps, as are the Tips. I find this book beautiful, engaging, encouraging and a real treasure. Give this to anyone you know who's talked about learning how to cook French food but felt intimidated.

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Summary: Soft cover/no cover
Review: If you're looking for a collection of very basic, introductory, not-too-complicated French dishes, this is it. So far, results are good. It is a heavy soft cover book and the binding is not holding up very well. The front cover came unglued soon after delivery.

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Summary: The best cookbook I have ever purchased
Review: The other reviewers are 1-0-0-% right! This is the best cookbook I have ever used. Almost everything I made from it came out delicious and worth repeating. Highly recommended. I would take any other books of Clements and Wolf-Cohen that were available.

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Summary: Can Hardly Wait
Review: This is the kind of cookbook that excites both cooks and browsers. The recipes combine traditional and current foods of France. They are simple enough to avoid intimidation, but interesting enough to make the reader think "I can hardly wait to make that one!" Each recipe has a full-color photo that has been beautifully done. For many of us, this cookbook can substitute for a photo album of our last trip to Paris. It's great to have and to give others.