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| | Cookbook Corner, descriptions of excellent cookbooks |
 | | The Escoffier Cookbook, A guide to the Fine Art of French Cuisine, Auguste Escoffier, first published in the French as Guide Culinaire, 1903 |
 | | This is the classic work by a Chef, who among other things, created Peach Melba. |
 | | This book is organized in two parts, the first being a section dedicated to the principles of French cooking, things like how to make Roux, Glazes, and Veloutes, the foundations for Sauces and Stocks, Soups, Braising, Poaching, Poeling, Sautéing, Roasting, Grilling, Frying, Gratins, Glazing, Treatment of Vegetables and Garnishes. |
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