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| Grand Livre de Cuisine: Alain Ducasse's Culinary Encyclopedia | 
 enlarge | Author: Alain Ducasse
Creators: Didier Elena, Franck Cerutti, Patrick Ogheard, Jean-francois Piege
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Category: Book
List Price: $80.00
Buy New: $46.41
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 90106
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1080
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.9 x 2.5
ISBN: 2848440384
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9782848440385
ASIN: 2848440384
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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 A shrunken reprint November 20, 2007
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
This book IS what I thought it would be, and it is NOT what I thought it would be. It IS Alain Ducasse's Culinary Encyclopedia, but it is NOT the original version. This is the shrunken version. Literally. The original is large and lush, with beautiful photography and high quality glossy paper. That book measures 12 x 9.4 inches, weighs 12 lbs. and costs a lot of money.
This version is 9.6 x 8 inches, is printed on inferior paper, and the photography doesn't reproduce well at that size. It costs a third of what the original does.
On the plus side, it IS a complete reprint, which means that exactly the same information is in the book. Every page is exact, just smaller.
This type of book (the original, that is) is generally for the collector or professional chef. Any cookbook over a hundred bucks has a pretty rarified market. At the very least, this reprint makes the recipes and the techniques of one of the world's greatest chefs accessible to a wider audience. Just don't expect it to be the big, lush volume you hoped it was. You get what you pay for.
Five stars for the information, one star for the presentation, three overall.
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