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James Beard's American Cookery

James Beard was the "dean of American cookery" (New York Times), and he put practically everything he learned about cooking into this single magnificent—now classic—cookbook. JAMES BEARD'S AMERICAN COOKERY includes more than fifteen hundred of his favorite and most successful recipes, as well as advice on dozens of cooking questions, from choosing meats and vegetables to preserving fruit and making realcheeseburgers. A celebration of the roots of cooking in the American style, this repackaged edition features the original text and color illustrations, and a new foreword by Tom Colicchio. Like Mastering the Art of French Cookingand The Joy of Cooking, it is a standard reference no kitchen is complete without.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 896 pages

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