Author(s): Thomas Keller
Publisher: Artisan
Publication Date: 2006-09-30
Pages: 696
Review: I’ve been taking these books out of my local library for over a year. I finally decided that I needed my own copies, and wanted the slip cased set.
These books are worth every penny. This is the best quiche recipe I’ve made. No matter what filling I choose it always gets rave reviews. Try the buchons they work fine in mini muffin pans if you don’t have the timbale molds. Think of these as food porn the photography is luscious. If you like to cook buy these books…The French Laundry is the best cooking book I’ve ever purchase each recipe is detailed in exceptional for chef’s and home cuisine.
the Bouchon is a good one but not as good as The French Beautiful book, should be in everyone’s library who loves to cook. The French Laundry is not for the everyday cook to find something for dinner but it will inspire you to look at food as a creation and work of art, not just something you ingest.Excellent recipes from 2 restaurant I can barely afford to visit and the few recipes I have tried so far are excellent and very close to what I enjoyed at Bouchon. Can’t wait to impress my friends and family with French Laundry!I have mixed feelings about this book - it falls somewhere between the entertaining textbook and philosophical essays on the haute cuisine. I am down-to-earth person and like straightforward answers, so the narration was sometimes boring (no, his anecdotes are not that funny)and the book too wordy.
If you are looking for useful tips on how to improve your dishes, you will find a fair amount. However, many recipes are simply too sophisticated and time consuming to try them at home. And don’t expect perfect results with the veal or poultry from the supermarket - it all comes down to farm-fresh, organic or grain-feed ingredients you need to hunt for in obscure places.
WARNING! If you are a healthy eating nerdy, forget the book. The dishes are bathed in butter, lard, salt and so on. I don’t mind, and personally i don’t believe you can make splendid meal using vegetable and arab gum spray instead of beurre monte. 
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