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Pages: 320, Edition: 2, Hardcover, Artisan

Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of the French Laundry in the Napa Valley8212;quot;the most exciting place to eat in the United States,quot; wrote Ruth Reichl in The New York Times8212;is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish...

Most dazzling is how simple Keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes.

Pages: 696, Hardcover, Artisan

The cookbook, Keller's first, is as satisfying as a French Laundry meal, a series of small, highly refined, intensely focused courses. One hundred fifty recipes and more than two hundred photographs capture the impact of this extraordinary food. Keller's wit and whimsy find expression in unique recipes (and titles) such as lobster-filled crepes with a carrot emulsion sauce, topped with a pea shoot salad dressed lightly with lemon-infused oil ('Peas and Carrots'), or sauteed monkfish tail with braised...

Product Description Artisan 1999 (Binding: Cloth ) Cloth, 29 cm., 325 pp., with color plates. Inscribed and signed by Thiomas Keller on half-title. Very good copy in a very good dust jacket. In-store inventory.

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