Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume Two

First published in 1970 by Knopf in the USA and in the UK in 1977, this is a new edition of 2011. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of covers and spine, no jacket as issued, slipcase absent, corners very slightly bruised, price on back cover (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 651pp, illustrated. In this book Julia Child and Simone Beck help cooks everywhere master the full repertoire of classic French dishes. Their recipes range across soups from the garden and bisques from the sea, famour fish stews from Provence and Normandy, to suckling pig and charcuterie, baguettes and croissants, and through a huge variety of desserts to petit fours, all accompanied by clear step-by-step instructions. Julia Carolyn Child (1912-2004), was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with this debut cookbook 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' and her subsequent television programmes, the most notable of which was 'The French Chef', which premiered in 1963. The difficult birth of her cookbook was documented in the 2009 film 'Julie and Julia' by Nora Ephron and starring Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep.…