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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
Not really. Robuchon is the French chef of the century. Julia Child, wonderful as she was, was an American who spent part of her adult life learning to cook French food.
She opened American eyes and palates, and changed the way people here eat and think about food. But recommending Robuchon over her is saying "Buy the Mona Lisa, rather than 'Learn to Paint Like the Italian Masters' by some American dude."
Beyond that, I'd suspect that RT or anyone important to her already has Julia Child, Volumes I and II.
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We do.
I think our next cookbook staple is going to be
the 2009 reissue of Larousse Gastronomique. I have access to my mom's 1961 edition, but I'd like to have one of my own.
My parents have been wading through
Phaidon's 1080 Recipies, which I gather is the Spanish food bible translation similar to their
Silver Spoon Italian cookbook that I like so much.
