The very best of French cooking from Julia Child and, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck, volumes one and two, 2010 edition. This gorgrous hardback set is crammed with a fête of knowledge, illustrations, definitions, memoirs, and of course, the secrets of a woman trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Mrs. Child is renowned for her military service in the OSS in WWII, for breaking the glass ceiling at Le Cordon Bleu, and for making French cooking accessible to Americans for the first time. This set is in excellent condition.