The Way to Cook
Product Description
In this magnificent new cookbook, illustrated with full color throughout, Julia Child give us her magnum opus–the distillation of a lifetime of cooking. And she has an important message for Americans today. . .
–to the health-conscious: make a habit of good home cooking so that you know you are working with the best and freshest ingredients and you can be in control of what goes into every dish
–to the new generation of cooks who have not grown up in the old traditions: learn the basics and understand what you are doing so cooking can be easier, faster, and more enjoyable
–to the more experienced cook: have fun improvising and creating your own versions of traditional dishes
–and to all of us: above all, enjoy the pleasures of the table.
In this spirit, Julia has conceived her most creative and instructive cookbook, blending classic techniques with free-style American cooking and with added emphasis on lightness, freshness, and … More >>
The Way to Cook
Anything that tastes good cannot be good for you. Fat sells.
So take everything said in this book with a grain of salt.
Elegance:
– Refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
– Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation.
– Restraint and grace of style.
– Scientific exactness and precision.
In other words, – Julia Child’s The Way to Cook.
I’ve been consulting this book for about two months.
Also, I would rate myself something of an intermediate chef.
This book is well organized. It has “master recipes” that provide fundamental ways of cooking things (e.g. generic roast chicken) — these recipes are printed in red — and then specializations of those. So you can, from this, build you own recipes without fear of screwing up too much.
My only criticism, (and it’s not her fault) is that the availability of produce has changed (increased) so much over time that it is hard to apply her recipes today (what to do with daicon, for example). The fish section, for example, seems totally vague to me (there’s so many more varieties of fish available now).
Nevertheless, a good reference source, and filled with interesting ideas.
I have the first edition of this book and had problems with recipes, some I knew were wrong and could figure them out. I heard from the publisher and there were more than 20 mistakes which were fixed in subsequent printings. So if you are buying this do not get the first edition!!!
This cook book is fantastic and easy to use. Julia is amazing and i use the recipes all the time. Get this book, go through it, try out the recipes and adjust them to your own tastes.