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ThomasKeller,chef/proprieteroftheFrenchLaundryintheNapaValley"themostexcitingplacetoeatintheUnitedStates,"wroteRuthReichlinTheNewYorkTimesisawizard,apurist,amanobsessedwithgettingitright.Andthis,hisfirstcookbook,iseverybitassatisfyingasaFrenchLaundrymealitself:aseriesofsmall,impeccable,highlyrefined,intenselyfocusedcourses.MostdazzlingishowsimpleKeller'smethodsare:squeegeeingthemoisturefromtheskinonfishsoitsautéesbeautifully;poachingeggsinadeeppotofwaterforperfectshape;theinitialsteepingintheshellthatmakescookingrawlobsteroutoftheshellacinch;usingvinegarasaflavorenhancer;therepeatedwashingofbonesforstockforthecleanest,clearesttastes.Frominnovativesouptechniques,totheproperwaytocookgreenvegetables,tosecretsofgreatfishcookery,tothecreationofbreathtakingdesserts;frombeurremontétofoiegrasautorchon,toawildandthoroughlyunexpectedtakeoncoffeeanddoughnuts,TheFrenchLaundryCookbookcaptures,throughrecipes,essays,profiles,andextraordinaryphotography,oneofAmerica'sgreatrestaurants,itsgreatchef,andthefoodthatmakesbothunique.OnehundredandfiftysuperlativerecipesareexactrecipesfromtheFrenchLaundrykitchennoshortcutshavebeentaken,nocriticalstepsignored,allhavebeenthoroughlytestedinhomekitchens.Ifyoucan'tgettotheFrenchLaundry,youcannowre-createathometheveryexperiencetheWineSpectatordescribedas"asclosetodiningperfectionasitgets.",ThomasKeller,chef/proprietoroftheFrenchLaundryintheNapaValleyisawizard,apurist,amanobsessedwithgettingitright.Andthis,hisfirstcookbook,iseverybitassatisfyingasaFrenchLaundrymealitself:aseriesofsmall,impeccable,highlyrefined,intenselyfocusedcourses.
Frominnovativesouptechniques,totheproperwaytocookgreenvegetables,tosecretsofgreatfishcookery,tothecreationofbreathtakingdesserts;frombeurremontetofoiegrasautorchon,toawildandthoroughlyunexpectedtakeoncoffeeanddoughnuts,TheFrenchLaundryCookbookcaptures,throughrecipes,essays,profiles,andphotography,oneofAmerica'sgreatrestaurants,itsgreatchef,andthefoodthatmakesbothunique.,OffersonehundredandfiftyrecipesfromtheFrenchLaundrykitchen,including"parmigiano-reggianocrispswithgoatcheesemousse","shrimpwithavocadosalsa",and"strawberryandchampagneterrine"