Original mastering the art of french cooking

For over fifty years, this New York Times bestseller has been the definitive cookbook on French cuisine for American readers. It deserves a place of honor in every kitchen.

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Seller Rating:. Contact seller. First Edition Signed. Used Condition: Very Good.

Original mastering the art of french cooking

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Seller Rating:. Contact seller. First Edition Signed. Used Condition: Very Good. Within U. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Hadley was the first wife of author Ernest Hemingway and her second husband, Paul Scott Mowrer, was an American newspaper correspondent and winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence. Hadley had first become acquainted with Julia's husband, artist Paul Child, when she and her then-husband Hemingway were in Paris in the s.

Please email for photos. Original dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve.

The success of Volume 1 resulted in Julia Child being given her own television show, The French Chef , one of the first cooking programs on American television. Historian David Strauss claimed in that the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking "did more than any other event in the last half century to reshape the gourmet dining scene". Gourmet magazine offered French recipes to subscribers monthly, and several dozen French cookbooks were published throughout the s. These recipes, however, were directly translated from French, and consequently were designed for a middle-class French audience that was familiar with French cooking techniques, had access to common French ingredients, and who often had servants cook for them. In the early s, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, French cooking teachers who had trained at Le Cordon Bleu , sought to capitalize on the American market for French cookbooks and wrote and published a small recipe book for American audiences, What's Cooking in France , in

Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Rate this book. Featuring delicious recipes, in its pages home cooks will find something for everyone, from seasoned experts to beginners who love good food and long to reproduce the savory delights of French cuisine, from historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. Here Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle break down the classic foods of France into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of dishes. Throughout, the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations--bound to increase anyone's culinary repertoire. With over instructive illustrations to guide readers every step of the way, Mastering the Art of French Cooking deserves a place of honor in every kitchen in America. Loading interface About the author.

Original mastering the art of french cooking

The success of Volume 1 resulted in Julia Child being given her own television show, The French Chef , one of the first cooking programs on American television. Historian David Strauss claimed in that the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking "did more than any other event in the last half century to reshape the gourmet dining scene". Gourmet magazine offered French recipes to subscribers monthly, and several dozen French cookbooks were published throughout the s.

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Original dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Paul Child illustrator. Decorative Cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Read Edit View history. Book is tight, bright and clean. First Edition; First Printing. No Exp. First Edition. Light discoloration to exterior text block. Livres de cuisine. Signed on the title page, next to their names, by Simone Beck and Julia Child not on a tipped-in card, but on the actual page. Condition: Books are in very good to excellent condition.

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Alfred A Knopf. Books sent via US Postal. Dust jacket is price-clipped and with light edge wear and light toning, worn at the corners, and spine ends with short tears. Alfred A Knopf. A classic continued: an additional repertory of dishes and techniques carries the reader into further discoveries to savor. Used - Hardcover Condition: Like New. A beautiful copy. Selling quality books for 30 years. There is a slight smell to the cookbook but no marks or stains the pages. Dust jacket is toned with very faint modest soiling and tattered and chipped at extremities but bright and in good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Used - Hardcover. Size: Royal Octavo. Both volumes have Julia Child signed bookplates to the flyleaf featuring her typical "Bon Apetit! A fantastic association copy of Child's magnum opus, inscribed by Child to close friends who were there, as she states, "at the very beginning of this oeuvre".