In this magnificent new cookbook illustrated with full color throughout JuliaChild give us her magnum opusthe distillation of a lifetime of cooking. Andshe has ... » 

In this magnificent new cookbook illustrated with full color throughout JuliaChild give us her magnum opusthe distillation of a lifetime of cooking. Andshe has an important message for Americans today. . .to the healthconscious make a habit of good home cooking so that you knowyou are working with the best and freshest ingredients and you can be incontrol of what goes into every dishto the new generation of cooks who have not grown up in the old traditionslearn the basics and understand what you are doing so cooking can be easierfaster and more enjoyableto the more experienced cook have fun improvising and creating your ownversions of traditional dishesand to all of us above all enjoy the pleasures of the table.In this spirit Julia has conceived her most creative and instructive cookbookblending classic techniques with freestyle American cooking and with addedemphasis on lightness freshness and simpler preparations. Breaking withconventional organization she structures the chapters from Soups to Cakes Cookies around master recipes giving all the reassuring details that she isso good at and grouping the recipes according to method these are followedinshorthand formby innumerable variations that are easily made once the basicsare understood.For example make her simple but impeccably prepared saute of chicken andbefore long youre easily whipping up Chicken with Mushrooms and Cream ChickenProvenale Chicken Piperade or Chicken Marengo. Or master her perfect broiledbutterflied chicken and next time Deviled Rabbit or Split Cornish Game HensBroiled with Cheese will be on your menu.In all there aremore than 800 recipes including the variationsfrom atreasure trove of poultry and fish recipes and a vast array of fresh vegetablesprepared in new ways to bread doughs that can be turned into pizzas andcalzones and hamburger buns and delicious indulgences such as Car «