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| Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime in Cooking (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Julia Child
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 337881
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 7.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0375430938
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780375430930
ASIN: 0375430938
Publication Date: November 14, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
Just had to have it. December 8, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Being a Julia Child enthusiast, I just had to get this cookbook. It's written in her usual forrm, and the recipes are more of a collection of many of her books and tv shows. I have made several of the recipes from this book with no problem at all. My only complaint is the ingredients are not listed in normal recipe formum, but are incorporated in sentance form. Otherwise a great addition to my cookbook collection!!
Julia Childs books are always a must own for me..... August 16, 2002
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I own just about every cookbook Ms Childs has written and this year 2002 she turns 90 years old and I have purchased this one book of hers a a gift for the young men and women in my life who need to learn the basics. Because it is basic and has down to earth recipes that wont scare the novice. Then I will get them others of her books. But this is also a fun book because like her new PBS series it is full of foods that are delicious, easy to make, great visually and made with items that most well stocked grocery stores carry. The directions are easy to follow and actually a blast to make.
JULIA CHILD December 31, 2001
1 out of 90 found this review helpful
I'm pretty sure a lady of her beauty (sarcasm) must not need to depend on her cooking to land her a husband, but for some reason she does and she does it very well. By the way whats with her always drinking on her shows, I mean its only a half an hour can't she wait?
 Useful Cooking Reference September 28, 2001
49 out of 50 found this review helpful
I love cooking shows and often read cookbooks for pleasure, picking up tips from each author and pondering what recipes I'd like t try, but I have to admit that I've never been a part of the cooking cult that worships Julia Child. I do remember watching her shows as a child, with my mother, and know she pioneered the genre, but the meals she made rarely appealed to me--too time consuming, too "fussy" and just too "strange" for every day taste. (If I have to visit eight different shops and peruse three mail order catalogs to make a dish, I'm probably not going to try it.)Recently, I picked up "Julia's Kitchen Wisdom" at the library and was quickly sold. I am now ordering a copy to keep. The book is filled with useful basic recipes and techniques, as well as lots of helpful time-saving tips that Child has picked up over the years. It's not really a recipe book per se, though tried-and-true formulas for things like Hollandaise sauce and pastry dough do appear, it's more of a kitchen guide. It's full of ingredient substitutions, serving suggestions and definitions of terms you may come across. More useful to experienced cooks, it's also a helpful guide for the best technique, according to Child, for things like braising, searing, roasting and folding. Child's years in the kitchen have made here at master and I was pleasantly surprised to find many time-saving techniques and places were Child says the "easy" way is actually better. This slim volume really packs a wallop of cooking information and I think it would make a nice addition to any cook's bookshelf.
a good general reference March 27, 2001
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
I wasn't quite as enthralled as other reviewers, but perhaps that has more to do with my recent infatuation with Cook's Illustrated Magazine which I think is the most incredible reference around -- they have a book also called The Best Recipe. To me, that book is more of a general reference than Child's. Still, this book has lots of general recipes and techniques that make it a good reference book to have around if you just want to know at what temperature to roast a duck and for how long.Maybe this is an odd gripe, but there were some pretty fancy recipes here for a basic reference. I found the meat and potato stuff very helpful, but the advanced dishes way beyond what I'm capable of. I also would have liked more pictures of some of the things she described (Cook's Illustrated is the BEST) -- from her description of how to shake the omelet pan, I needed a visual. If you like to book, this is a good book to have around, but don't miss The Best Recipe either.
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