Divided into two main sections, this book starts with a comprehensive, fully illustrated description of classic techniques, and moves on to present a collection of step-by-step recipes.'
I have the hard cover issue received as a gift years ago. It has become my 'kitchen Bible' on holidays and my day to day endeavors when I'm preparing most anything. If it isn't in the KB then I usually find something that I can gleen insight. One of my top three resources.