Unless you aspire to perfection—to be, in short, a Cordon Bleu—you do not have to be born with a chef's hat on your head to become a good cook. All you need is to love to cook, pay close attention to details, form the habit of being precise, and choose only the finest materials. The best way to learn, of course, is to work under a capable cook; but even without that experience, with a book like mine to guide you, if you are serious, you can learn to cook.
—from the preface
- ISBN10 0871401894
- ISBN13 9780871401892
- Publish Date 8 February 2008 (first published 31 December 1975)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher WW Norton & Co
- Imprint Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Format Paperback
- Pages 556
- Language English