Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1
  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241956465
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $29.99
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1

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Paperback
19 Nov 2014
Hardback
3 Mar 2011
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The legendary cookbook that inspired Julie and Julia

'This isn't just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was a hero who'd gone out there and made a difference. Her books are a triumph, and also a trophy' A. A. Gill, The Times
  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241956465
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the authors

Simone Beck

Simone Beck spent her girlhood in Normandy, and started cooking early in life. Originally a student of bookbinding, her interest in cooking crystallized under the tutelage of private chefs and of Henri Pellaprat at the Cordon Bleu. She lived most of her life in Paris and Provence but became well known in America through Mastering the Art of French Cooking and two books published under her own name.

Praise for Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1

As close to a divine text as you can get

Matthew Fort, Guardian