A Guide to Modern Cooking Author:Pol Martin Cooking for yourself, your family or for your friends has never been this easy! A Guide to Modern Cooking has been designed to enhance your everyday menus without adding complicated steps or exotic ingredients that some cookbooks find necessary. In fact, we believe that the requirements of these recipes are representative of the uten... more »sils and ingredients commonly found in the average kitchen. Knowing this should relieve any apprehension you might have, but for those of you who still need a little urging, let us remind you that everybody can cook well if they try – including you! Our recipes are precise and informative, complete with color pictures and step-by-step techniques to guide you. As you leaf through the recipes you will discover creative new ways to combine ingredients, serving ideas that might not have occurred to you and a large selection of fantastic dishes that you can call your own. We sincerely hope that you and your guests will enjoy A Guide to Modern Cooking and that all your eating experiences will be happy ones.
“One of the greatest joys in life is good food and especially when I know that my hands have had a part in creating it!” This is one of the many beliefs held by the author, a Frenchman, who made his way to North America some twenty-five years ago seeking a career in the culinary arts. There is no doubt, if we reflect on his achievements, that the dream of a boy from Brest has come true. ... Despite his European influence, he has always maintained that exquisite cooking is possible without having to devote endless time to preparation and without requiring professional skill to master.« less