It's a great resource for techniques (and some good recipes, too). It's probably one of our most-referenced books. Other standbys are Jacques Pepin's two-volume book, the Time-Life cookbook series, and Marion Cunningham for baked goods.
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 03:30:23PM -0600, Gonz wrote: > Sounds like a great set. We have her book "The Way To Cook", and its an > invaluable resource for everything from soup to prime rib. > > rg > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I bought two DVD sets of Julia Child's cooking show from the 60's recently. > > I remember watching the show on PBS when I was somewhere between 7 and 12 > > years old. > > > > In any case it's a fun time capsule. In B&W, no high production values or > > slick camera moves like in today's shows. Very honest and funny, with a > > 60's kitchen, Julia repeating herself often and correcting mistakes > > on-camera, wiping her fishy hands on her backside, and chopping of fish > > heads with violent whacks of a huge cleaver, all the time telling you how > > fun it is. (From the Bouilabaisse episode). > > > > If you like cooking and you're in for some subtle humor punctuated by > > moments that make you laugh your head off, I recommend it. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > -- > Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I > was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's > a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? > - Mitch Hedberg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
