Short description
Explains for the novice American cook the special ingredients and cooking techniques involved in preparing the wide variety of French dishes featured.
Review
Has it really been 40 years since Julia Child rescued Americans from dreary casseroles? This reissue, clad in a handsome red jacket, is what a cookbook should be: packed with sumptuous recipes, detailed instructions, and precise line drawings. Some of the instructions look daunting, but as Child herself says in the introduction, 'If you can read, you can cook.'
- Entertainment Weekly