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Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
by Anthony Bourdain
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781582341804 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
This book is all about demystifying classic bistro cooking — with the right direction, you can do as well as any newbie-professional cook working in Tony's kitchen for the first time. If you've ever had reservations about cooking foie gras aux pruneaux or wanted a fun lesson in preparing escargots aux noix, this is the book for you. Andrew, Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
In this long-awaited cookbook, Anthony Bourdain reveals the hearty, delicious recipes of Les Halles and the provocative tricks of the trade that have made him a celebrated name across the globe.
Before stunning the world with his bestselling Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain spent years serving some of the best French brasserie food in New York. With its no-nonsense, down-to-earth atmosphere, Les Halles matches Bourdain's style perfectly: a restaurant where you can dress down, talk loudly, drink a little too much wine, and have a good time with friends. Now, Bourdain gives us his Les Halles Cookbook, a cookbook like no other: candid, funny, audacious, full of his signature charm and bravado.
So bring a sharp knife, a big appetite, and a willingness to learn, as Bourdain teaches you everything you need to know to prepare classic French bistro fare. While you're being guided, in simple steps, through recipes like roasted veal short ribs and steak frites, escargots aux noix, and foie gras aux pruneaux, you'll feel like he's in the kitchen beside you — reeling off a few insults when you've scorched the sauce, and then patting you on the back for finally getting the steak tartare right.
As practical as it is entertaining, Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook is a can't-miss treat for cookbook lovers, aspiring chefs, and Bourdain fans everywhere.
Review:
"A celebrity with a high-profile position as executive chef at New York bistro Les Halles, and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour, Bourdain doesn't intend to break new ground. The dishes do exactly as the subtitle notes and include such solid classic fare as Onion Soup Les Halles, Steak au Poivre, Boeuf Bourguignon, Coq au Vin and Chocolate Mousse. Nearly all recipes are within reach of competent home cooks, and those that are more complicated or time-consuming — Bouillabaisse, Cassoulet and Roulade of Wild Pheasant — are thoroughly spelled out to calm most jitters. Foie gras, duck fat and dark veal stock are frequent components, but a list of suppliers makes just about every ingredient available. Even though many of the dishes can be found in other cookbooks, what sets this one apart is Bourdain's signature wise-ass attitude that pervades nearly every recipe, explanatory note and chapter introduction. Profanity adds frequent color. If Aunt Doris would blanche at pearl onions being called 'little fuckers,' a cook who prefers boneless meat in Daube Provenal a 'poor deluded bastard,' or a person nervous about making these recipes a 'dipshit,' this book is not for her. Photos. Forecast: With raves by Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Jim Harrison and Eric Ripert, Bourdain's handsomely designed book will be taken seriously even by those who aren't wowed by his self-conscious swagger. Viewers who have followed his culinary travels on the Food Network will also be attracted to the book." Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Review:
"Don't be misled by Anthony Bourdain's witty, irreverent style. His Les Halles Cookbook is solid, smart, and informative, and his recipes are bona fide bistro fare. An instant classic." Jacques Pépin
Review:
"Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook joins the classic French cookbooks on my shelf, and shames every would-be 'bistro bible'. Nobody else writes with such respect for real food." Mario Batali
Review:
"Anyone serious about their cooking will want to own Anthony Bourdain's Les Hallles Cookbook. It has an enormous amount of vital information presented in Bourdain's pungent, abrasive, and memorable writing style." Jim Harrison
Review:
"This is a great cookbook! Anthony Bourdain directs you brilliantly through delicious recipes, with explanations that are crystal clear." Eric Ripert
Review:
"Bourdain shows himself to be one of the country's best food writers. His opinions are as strong as his language, and his tastes as infectious as his joy." New York Times Book Review
Review:
"Bourdain can be a smart, entertaining writer, but his smugness and reverse snobbery can be wearying — as can his indulgent use of profanity..." Library Journal
Synopsis:
In this long-awaited cookbook, the bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential reveals the hearty, delicious recipes of Les Halles and the provocative tricks of the trade that have made him a celebrated name across the globe.
About the Author
Anthony Bourdain is the author of A Cook's Tour and Kitchen Confidential, as well as the satirical thrillers Bone in the Throat, Gone Bamboo, and The Bobby Gold Stories, and the Urban Historical Typhoid Mary, all published by Bloomsbury. A twenty-eight-year veteran of professional kitchens, he is currently the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan. He lives in New York City.
CITATION: "Don't be misled by Anthony Bourdain's witty, irreverent style. His Les Halles Cookbook is solid, smart, and informative, and his recipes are bona fide bistro fare.An instant classic."
(Jacques P‚pin)
CITATION: "Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook joins the classic French cookbooks on my shelf, and shames every would-be 'bistro bible'. Nobody else writes with such respect for real food."
(Mario Batali)
CITATION: "Anyone serious about their cooking will want to own Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook. It has an enormous amount of vital information presented in Bourdain's pungent, abrasive, and memorable writing style."
(Jim Harrison)
CITATION: "This is a great cookbook! Anthony Bourdain directs you brilliantly through delicious recipes, with explanations that are crystal clear."
(Eric Ripert)
CITATION: "Bourdain shows himself to be one of the country's best food writers. His opinions are as strong as his language, and his tastes as infectious as his joy."
(New York Times Book Review)Table of Contents
Introduction 10
Les Halles: What the Hell Is It? 18
General Principles 22
Scoring the Good Stuff 27
The Knife 34
Stock: The Source 36
Soups 41
Salads 56
Appetizers 66
Fish & Shellfish 99
Beef 117
Veal & Lamb 138
Pig 164
Poultry & Game 176
The Big Classics 200
Blood & Guts 221
Potatoes 234
Miscellaneous Meez & Other Useful Recipes 246
Desserts 266
Glossary 282
Suppliers 288
Further Reading 290
Acknowledgments 291
Index 292
Les Halles: What the Hell Is It? 18
General Principles 22
Scoring the Good Stuff 27
The Knife 34
Stock: The Source 36
Soups 41
Salads 56
Appetizers 66
Fish & Shellfish 99
Beef 117
Veal & Lamb 138
Pig 164
Poultry & Game 176
The Big Classics 200
Blood & Guts 221
Potatoes 234
Miscellaneous Meez & Other Useful Recipes 246
Desserts 266
Glossary 282
Suppliers 288
Further Reading 290
Acknowledgments 291
Index 292
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We got the book yesterday, made the french onion soup today, and we are in complete and utter heaven! It's completely worth it.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781582341804
- Subtitle:
- Stategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- With:
- Lajaunie, Philippe
- With:
- de Meirelles, Jose
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury USA
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Cookery, french
- Subject:
- Regional & Ethnic - French
- Subject:
- General Cooking
- Copyright:
- 2004
- Edition Description:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Publication Date:
- October 2004
- Binding:
- HC
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 9.56x7.34x1.35 in. 2.44 lbs.
