Le Cordon Bleu cuisine foundations : classic recipes

Cuisine Foundations Classic Recipes features 169 recipes that together represent a definitive summing up of French culinary technique as it has been practiced for the past 300 years. These recipes have been carefully selected by Le Cordon Bleu to convey the history and evolution of French culinary technique and its strong influence on today's chefs. Through these recipes, we learn what influenced French cooking and how these traditional techniques have embraced the introduction of new ingredients and flavors, from Champignons a la turque to Oeufs frits Mexicain Designed to celebrate the classic techniques taught by Le Cordon Bleu, all of the recipes feature full-color photographs of the dish as it was prepared.