The Escoffier Cook Book: A Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery [Cookbook]

xv, [3], 923 pp. 8vo. "For connoisseurs, chefs, epicures. Complete with 2973 recipes, covering everything in cookery from sauces, soups and hors d'oeuvres to roasts, poultry, game and fish, are the identical recipes used by the famous Escoffier himself, one of the greatest chefs of all time. ...it is not for the beginning amateur in cookery. It is for the discriminating, for the artists in cookery who want the special satisfaction of achieving dinners that are unique and notable for their excellence."