Product Review

Like a hall of fame for cookbooks, this is a food lover€s dream collection, featuring 501 recipes from favorite authors. Any cook will tell you that in every cookbook there are a handful of recipes that rise to the top€"the earmarked and most-stained pages. In this marvelous collection, 501 of these signature recipes have been carefully selected from 101 great cookbooks of the twentieth century€"beloved tomes passed down through generations. The list of masterworks was chosen by an expert advisory committee that includes Jonathan Gold, Michael Pollan, and Ruth Reichl. It is like having a library of culinary classics condensed into one volume. You€ll discover so many timeless gems, such as Julia Child€s Boeuf Bourguignon, Elizabeth David€s Bouillabaisse, Marcella Hazan€s Bolognese Ragu, Jacques Pepin€s Brioche, James Beard€s Pig Hamburgers, and Irma Rombauer€s Devil€s Food Cake Cockaigne. But you€ll also read about how these books and recipes revolutionized the way we eat. Interspersed throughout are nostalgic images from the vintage first editions. It is a fascinating culinary tour that in whole tells much of the story of American culture at large.