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The French Cook (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Louis Eustache Ude

 
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Upwards of thirty years' practice and assiduous study of my profession, have undoubtedly given me a thorough knowledge of it; and it must he conceded, that to conquer all the difficulties at tached to it, is not a trifling task. The patronage and encouragement I received in this country, at the hands of one of the best masters man ever served, cc-operating with my experience, enabled me to succeed in all my undertakings; and my gratitude can cease only with my existence.

Many professional men have written on this subject; but very few of them have possessed at once the theory and practice of the art. I must own, that my severity towards. My apprentices, and my unremitting care in keeping the inferiors who attended me. In a state of constant assiduity in what concerned the cleanliness of the kitchen'as well as of the larder, has been of the utmost advantage to myself as well as to them: I have the satisfactory reward of seeing all my pupils held in the highest estimation by persons of the greatest distinction.

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Book Description

The greater part of the career of the French chef Louis Eustache Ude (d.1846) was spent in England. In this work, first published in 1813 and reissued here in the 1827 eighth edition, he attempts to convey 'a knowledge of the science of French cookery' to professional English cooks.

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