Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc Jacques Pepin New Complete Techniques

This comprehensive, authoritative presentation includes more than 500 techniques and 160 recipes, demonstrated by master chef Jacques Pepin in thousands of step-by-step photographs.; A comprehensive culinary course on every aspect of classic cooking, from the basics (how to sharpen a knife or peel an onion), to the practical (how to properly bone a chicken), to the whimsical (how to make decorative swans and flower out of fruits and vegetables), to the complex (how to lard a pheasant pate and encase it in a decorative crust of breading, or how to break a saddle of lamb).; Pepin's time-tested recipes show budding chefs, from the greenest home cook to the most seasoned professional, how to put techniques into practice.; This completely revised and updated edition is also completely redesigned, with hundreds of full-colour photographs making it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.