Sauces Reconsidered: Après Escoffier

213 Pages·2019·1.97 MB·English

by  Gary Allen

SAUCES
RECONSIDERED
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SAUCES
RECONSIDERED
Après Escoffier
Gary Allen
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1846–1935. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.
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For my wife, Karen Philipp,
who is saucy in a good way.

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
INTRODUCTION 1
A FEW WORDS ABOUT SALT 3
PART I: ANCIENS REGIMES
1 SO MANY RICH SAUCES 7
2 OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES 15
3 NINETEENTH CENTURY 25
4 THE FRENCH WERE NOT, OF COURSE,
4 THE ONLY SAUCIERS 39
5 THE MODERN WORLD OF COOKING BEGINS 51
PART II: O BRAVE NEW WORLD, THAT HAS
SUCH SAUCES IN IT!
6 TIME FOR A CHANGE 61
7 SOLUTIONS 65
8 SUSPENSIONS 85
9 GELS 115
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