Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Box Set): A Cookbook -- Julia Chil

<b>Perfect for any fan of Julia Child--and any lover of French food--this boxed set brings together the two volumes of the acclaimed best-selling classic cookbook, <i>Mastering the Art of French Cookin</i>g. <p/>What a cookbook should be: packed with sumptuous recipes, detailed instructions, and precise line drawings. Some of the instructions look daunting, but as Child herself says in the introduction, 'If you can read, you can cook.' --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br></b><br>Volume One contains 524 recipes for the savory delights of French cuisine, from historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. <p/>Volume Two presents a brilliant selection of 257 additional recipes that not only add to the home cook's repertoire but, above all, bring them to a new level of mastery. <p/>Taken together, these two books are a stunning feat of cookbook literature, and Julia Child's most beloved works.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck<br><b>Publisher:</b> Knopf Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 12/01/2009<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Boxed Set<br><b>Weight:</b> 6.55lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 10.50h x 7.50w x 3.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307593528<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>JULIA CHILD, a native of California and a Smith College graduate; Simone ("Simca") Beck, French-born and -educated; and Louisette Bertholle, half French and half American, educated in both countries, represented an even blending of the two bac