The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery. Description : Larousse Gastronomique is the world's greatest encyclopedias and has been the foremost resource of culinary knowledge since this initial first edition publication in 1938. Long revered for its encyclopedic entries on everything from cooking techniques, ingredients, and recipes to equipment, food histories, and culinary biographies, it is the one book every professional chef and avid home cook must have on his or her kitchen shelf. In fact Julia Child once wrote, "If I were allowed only one reference book in my library, Larousse Gastronomique would be it, without question, ".
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