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French Cooking at Home
Master the art of classic French cuisine with this stunning cookbook filled with 100 recipes, infographics, dozens of step-by-step color photographs, and a handy illustrated glossary.
In this stunning French cooking bible, chef Marianne Megnier-Moreno simplifies the art of French cooking as she teaches home cooks how to create a range of impressive French dishes. Megnier-Moreno carefully and clearly takes you step by step, beginning with fundamental recipes for basic stocks (chicken, beef, fish), sauces (roux, béchamel, hollandaise), and preparations (cutting onions, cooking eggs, preparing clarified butter). She then teaches you the techniques that are the heart of French cooking: sautéing, roasting, grilling, braising, poaching, and more.
She follows these hands-on instructions with forty recipes for making classic French dishes, including boeuf bourguignon, salmon confit, cheese soufflé, stuffed mussels, pot-au-feu, roast chicken, and the perfect hamburger. Magnier-Moreno explains how preparation adds depths of flavor to each dish, breaks down the technique involved in creating it, and includes helpful photos for every step, as well as one large full-page photo of the final dish.
French Cooking at Home also contains an illustrated glossary that provides detailed instructions and photography to help you perfect your culinary skills, including plating, decorating, preparing meat, cutting and cooking methods, and key utensils. A sophisticated, comprehensive, and accessible visual handbook, French Cooking at Home is your essential guide to cooking and enjoying the best of French cuisine.
In this stunning French cooking bible, chef Marianne Megnier-Moreno simplifies the art of French cooking as she teaches home cooks how to create a range of impressive French dishes. Megnier-Moreno carefully and clearly takes you step by step, beginning with fundamental recipes for basic stocks (chicken, beef, fish), sauces (roux, béchamel, hollandaise), and preparations (cutting onions, cooking eggs, preparing clarified butter). She then teaches you the techniques that are the heart of French cooking: sautéing, roasting, grilling, braising, poaching, and more.
She follows these hands-on instructions with forty recipes for making classic French dishes, including boeuf bourguignon, salmon confit, cheese soufflé, stuffed mussels, pot-au-feu, roast chicken, and the perfect hamburger. Magnier-Moreno explains how preparation adds depths of flavor to each dish, breaks down the technique involved in creating it, and includes helpful photos for every step, as well as one large full-page photo of the final dish.
French Cooking at Home also contains an illustrated glossary that provides detailed instructions and photography to help you perfect your culinary skills, including plating, decorating, preparing meat, cutting and cooking methods, and key utensils. A sophisticated, comprehensive, and accessible visual handbook, French Cooking at Home is your essential guide to cooking and enjoying the best of French cuisine.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published September 30, 2015
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November 20, 2018
Beautiful book going over the very basics of French cooking. Sometimes they spent more time on graphics than content it seems as I often found photos and numbers didn't match.
August 19, 2025
Nutshell: Beautiful step-by-step photos and preparation instructions. The second French cookbook in my collection, the first, Julia Child's.
Upon close read, I discovered some of the recipes are missing steps or have unfinished sentences - neither of which are the author's fault. How do I know? I found her on social media, and asked for some of the missing info. Apparently, the American version has a small amount of these errors - none of which will prevent you from attempting any of the beautiful recipes or techniques in this book.
If you're interested in learning a bit of French cooking, add this substantial and user-friendly book to your kitchen library.
Upon close read, I discovered some of the recipes are missing steps or have unfinished sentences - neither of which are the author's fault. How do I know? I found her on social media, and asked for some of the missing info. Apparently, the American version has a small amount of these errors - none of which will prevent you from attempting any of the beautiful recipes or techniques in this book.
If you're interested in learning a bit of French cooking, add this substantial and user-friendly book to your kitchen library.
July 31, 2018
Me encanta, las recetas parecen complicadas pero son muy fáciles de hacer
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