Larousse Gastronomique first edition, 1938 Overall, I'm going to have to give it a poor review, First off; the book is written in complete gibberish! There is only a few American words on each page, and they're not even spelled right! The chapters are lengthy and filled with many illustrations and photos, much more than the new and improved edition. -this contributes to the next point: TOO HEAVY -no way your reading this on the bus, and forget trying to impress some girl at the coffee shop -you may as well be reading an encyclopedia.
And I'm not really seeing the Chefs "culinary point of view" apparently he felt it necessary to include everything. really. EVERY-THING. I don't think there is a single 30 minute meal in the book!
..and the cover! leather, with a crude illustration of turkeys (or something) simply discarded into the fireplace! Those are for deep frying, dammit! A total waste of ten dollars!
Just kidding. I was so excited I nearly wet myself. I wish I had the time to photocopy the entire thing and flip through regularly.
Sorry, I just could not resist bragging.
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