"Reader's pick guide inside"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (secondary p. [9]-11).
Contents:
The road to hell is paved with Leeks and potatoes -- Joy of cooking -- You have to break a few eggs... -- Hacking the marrow out of life -- ...To make an omelette -- Disaster, dinner party, disaster -- The law of diminishing returns -- They shoot lobsters, don't they? -- The proof is in the plumbing -- Sweet smell of failure -- Flaming crepes! -- Time to move to Weehawken -- Only in America -- Simplicity itself -- ...well, not quite.
Summary:
The author recounts how she escaped the doldrums of an unpromising career by mastering every recipe in Julia Child's 1961 classic, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," a year-long endeavor that transformed her life.
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