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    <body><![CDATA[About 1/4 of the way through - it is thick (and very good).  Excellent explanation and pictures of every technique imaginable.  I love it.  The book is based on the PBS Jacques Pepin series that went through a technique or food item per 1/2 hour episode.  I think this series is on CD or DVD.  I thin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15463910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love learning professional cooking tips and techniques, and this book doesn't let down.  If you want to learn the basics of french cooking, this is a great tome.  My biggest complaint is that the pictures are in black and white and not that easy to see what they are doing.  <br/><br/>Great for l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29180097">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the book that I was told to read if I wanted to learn how to cook.  It has everything you will need to know in order to cook well, from simple knife techniques, to building sauces, to tying roasts, to your basic cuts of meat.  This book was instrumental in developing my own ideas of food an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1065496">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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