Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations: Classic Recipes

Abstract

Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations: Classic Recipes is designed to be a reference for food lovers and foodies alike. Founded in Paris in 1895, Le Cordon Bleu has trained several generations of chefs worldwide, including Julia Child, while instilling its unique passion for the art of cuisine. Inside the Book: Sample Recipes Click on an image to download a PDF. Potage Clamart Gazpacho Potage Cultivateur Open Letter from the President of Le Cordon Bleu Le Cordon Bleu is proud to present Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations and its companion, Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations Classic Recipes--a project that was two years in the making. We hope that these books will serve as useful culinary references at home or professionally. Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations is a compilation of culinary techniques with step-by-step photographs and explanations that allows the user to learn and practice cooking methods that have existed and been respected for more than three centuries. Though cooking has evolved over time withtechnological advances in cooking equipment, the techniques for food preparation have remained unchanged and fundamental to produce maximum flavor and consistent results. The companion book, Le Cordon Bleu Classic Recipes, features 169 carefully selected recipes by Le Cordon Bleu chefs that best exemplify the application of these techniques. Each recipe lists the specific techniques applied from Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundations. As you master the techniques, you will learn to improvise--adjusting or adding new ingredients to develop simple variations of these carefully selected, timeless recipes. Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Foundation books pay homage to the generations of chefs who have upheld and passed on their passion for cooking. From Taillevent to Ferran Adri?, these chefs represent the patrimony of l'art culinaire--the art of cooking. They are also a response to students and graduates worldwide who asked for a complete reference that would show and explain essential cooking techniques to become better coks professionally or for their own enrichment. For more than a century Le Cordon Bleu has upheld the integrity and excellence of French culinary techniques.