The French Chef Cookbook

I can remember watching Julia Child on TV as a kid and can still hear that voice, it’s such a pleasure to have this book. The references to the original TV program, photos, and text make this a very interesting book. The information on how to prepare these recipes and the recipes themselves are very clear and easy to follow. This is an excellent book, I am proud to add this to my collection and am going to enjoy making these recipes.

Love this book, has all Julias classic recipes without spending the big bucks for some of her vintage cookbooks. Great purchase.

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Love Julia!

Love this hardback reprint version of the original. A little expensive but stays true to the original.

Fantastic book. Extremely delightful recipes and a little history of Julia Childs. I highly recommend this cook book for those of us who LOVE French cooking. I highly recommend this book and the excellent seller.

In this day and age, when there are so many cooking shows that they have their own channel, I remember my far-away youth, when you could choose between Graham Kerr and Julia Child and not much of anyone else . . . Kerr was the one who always had a glass of wine at his elbow and looked as if he might invite a lucky member of his audience to a bottle party at the local wife-swapper's club. Julia Child was like the big goofy aunt who got all enthusiastic about things and transmitted that to you. Between them, I learned to love food (too much) and discovered that cooking, while undeniably work, was also a lot of fun. And now you too can do it at home. Lots of beef in wine and sauces with cream and dry white vermouth, many onions and scallions and mushrooms. The occasional dish you're required to set on fire. And always more butter. There are also lots of patient, common-sense instructions on such sticky subjects as folding omlettes, whipping egg whites, and, horror of horrors, making hollandaise sauce from scratch. In print, as on television, there is Child's supportive, can-do attitude--you ARE going to make mistakes along the way, but a lot of them can be corrected, and with experience, these things will become easier. Just keep doing. And follow the technical rules, which are there for a reason. And after some effort, you can fold an omlette, the egg yolks in the hollandaise don't scramble, and you can even roll up a sponge cake. The souffles even rise. Oh, and by the way, only make POT -A-FEU if you are serving an army and have a week to cook it . . .

Classic Julia Child's Cookbook, a must have for the serious home cook. I purchased as a set with a second of her books and am so glad I did. Looking forward to learning some new recipes soon.

I have only recently discovered Julia Child from the Sky series The French Chef, so bought this to see some of the recipes in the show. As something of a basic cook this is allowing me to experiment and try new things. I’m not sure I’ll get through all the recipes as there are so many but I am enjoying experimenting.

Si no quieres gastar en The Art of French Cooking, o sientes que es poco práctico, ésta es tu mejor opción. Las recetas son buenas, he preparado una que otra y hasta ahorita todo sabe muy bien. Bon appetit!

Although over 50 years old this book is still wonderful for both new and experienced cooks. Classic use of butter and cream may put some modern cooks off but the results are wonderful flavours and wholesome food. It would be even better if updated to include metric measurements.

This is the book they started it all. Julia Childs fun and informative cookbook that’s great for chefs of all calibers. My wife loves it!!

Made my mum very happy