James beard provides a comprehensive collection of basic recipes, both american and international, for appetizers, bread, fish, fruit, pasta, poultry, salads, sauces, vegetables, souffles. I just held it for a few minutes, remembering times in his kitchen, his big hand guiding mine in the motion of making mayonnaise with a fork. James beards 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. James beard himself was a food historian as well as a master chef and both disciplines are evident in the cookbook.
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