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The French Laundry Cookbook

The French Laundry Cookbook is a 1999 cookbook written by the American chefs Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman, and Susie Heller; illustrated by Deborah Jones. The book features recipes from Keller's restaurant The French Laundry.[1] It won the 2000 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook of the Year award,[2][3] as well as the IACP's best designed cookbook and best first cookbook awards.[1] The French Laundry Cookbook is in its sixteenth printing[4] and has been printed over 400,000 times.[5]

The French Laundry Cookbook contains 150 recipes divided into six sections, each representing a course of a meal.[6] The cookbook also includes cooking and food preparation techniques.[6]

The Wall Street Journal called the cookbook "notorious for including some of the most laborious recipes in print", commenting that "putting the ingredients together on a plate properly can be an architectural challenge".[5] Restaurants & Institutions called the cookbook "too esoteric for home cooks" but found that it "does inspire, teach and set standards for any chef".[7] Grant Achatz of Alinea has called it "[t]he ultimate reference for cooks [who wish] to be inspired by the pursuit of perfection".[8] The cookbook has also been cited as an inspiration by David Chang of Momofuku and Éric Ripert of Le Bernardin.[8]

The French Laundry Cookbook was bundled with another of Keller's cookbooks, Bouchon, in a book called The Complete Thomas Keller.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "'Professional Help' Columnists Win Three Top Cookbook Awards". LA Times. 5 April 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ^ "IACP Cookbook Awards". Readersread.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ^ Brackney Stoeger, Melissa (2013). Food Lit: A Reader's Guide to Epicurean Nonfiction. Libraries Unlimited. p. 316. ISBN 978-1598847062.
  4. ^ Kelley, Raina (14 September 2010). "How Thomas Keller Transformed American Dining". Newsweek. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b McLaughlin, Katy (30 October 2009). "Thomas Keller's New Book". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b Vlasich Pav, Beth (7 April 2000). "The French Laundry Cookbook". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Keller's Kitchen". Restaurants & Institutions. Reed Elsevier. 15 December 1999. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b Collins, Alexandra (13 January 2009). "On the Shelves of the Professionals". Saveur. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ^ "The Complete Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon". Workman Publishing Company. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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