Le Gavroche Cookbook

The Roux family name is synonymous with quality French cooking - Michel Roux Jr selects 200 of the most popular classic recipes from the kitchen of Le Gavroche. Albert and Michel Roux have between them published many successful cookbooks - this is the first cookbook by Michel Roux Jr, who has worked with many of France's top chefs and as a personal chef to the President of France before taking over at Le Gavroche. Shows how to create the atmosphere and cuisine of Le Gavroche at home, with advice on dining French style and on how to select what to drink, from aperitif to sweet wine.

When brothers Michel and Albert Roux launched London's Le Gavroche in 1967, it was just another outpost of French cuisine on the English side of the Channel. By 1981 the restaurant had moved from Chelsea to Mayfair, garnered three Michelin stars, and become London' finest and most expensive dining establishment. Other chefs and restaurants followed, and now London's food is quite as good as Paris'. Michel Jr. has set down his father's and uncle's recipes. Le Gavroche Cookbook documents some of the restaurant's greatest achievements, including the legendary Souffle Suissesse, ethereal islands of cheese and egg floating in rich cream. Recipes call for a full range of kitchen skills, but many, such as the coq' la biere (chicken in beer), are eminently accessible, and measurements conveniently follow American custom. Mark Knoblauch
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