Eggs - Softcover

Michel Roux

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844003116 ISBN 13: 9781844003112

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

The egg is the simplest and most complete food - perfect for singles and couples for a cosy evening in, versatile enough for the quickest of meals to the smartest of dinner parties, the favourite of patissiers and dessert chefs. With more than 30 years experience as a chef at the top of his profession Michel Roux has garnered a vast wealth of culinary knowledge and expertise. Trained in the classic French style, but an inveterate global traveller with a passion for different cuisines Michel uses all of his skill and experience to take a new look at one of the oldest foods of all.

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About the Author

For 30 years Michel Roux has been chef-patron of the Waterside Inn at Bray, one of only three Michelin three-starred restaurants in England. He is the first and only chef in Britain to be awarded 3 Michelin stars and hold them for 17 years. He is ranked ninth in Michelin s hierarchy of the best chefs in Europe. Michel has appeared in two television series and has written several books including Sauces, published by Quadrille, which won the Glenfiddich Visual Award and has sold in excess of 200,000 copies, and has just been awarded the Chevalier of the Legion d Honneur for his services to gastronomy.

From the Back Cover

There are over 32 million eggs sold and eaten in the UK every day. The egg is the simplest and most complete food - perfect for singles and couples for a cosy evening in, versatile enough for the quickest of meals to the smartest of dinner parties, the favourite of patissiers and dessert chefs. With more than 30 years experience as a chef at the top of his profession Michel Roux has garnered a vast wealth of culinary knowledge and expertise. Trained in the classic French style, but an inveterate global traveller with a passion for different cuisines, Michel uses all of his skill and experience to take a new look at one of the oldest foods of all. Destined to become a staple on the bookshelves of everyone who likes to cook and illustrated throughout with stunning photographs by award-winning photographer Martin Brigdale, Eggs contains a compilation of the best 100 egg recipes. Each chapter is arranged around a style of cooking eggs from boiling, frying, poaching, baking and scrambling

Edition details

• Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844003116
• ISBN 13: 9781844003112
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304