The French Laundry Cookbook
The cover of The French Laundry Cookbook depicts a white napkin folded on a white plate.
Cover of The French Laundry Cookbook
AuthorsThomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman and Susie Heller
IllustratorDeborah Jones
CountryAmerica
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCookbook
Published1 November 1999 (Artisan)
Media typePrint
Pages336
Award2000 IACP Cookbook of the Year
ISBN978-1579651268

The French Laundry Cookbook is a 1999 cookbook written by American chefs Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman, and Susie Heller; illustrated by Deborah Jones. The book features recipes from Keller's restaurant The French Laundry.[1] It won the 2000 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook of the Year award,[2][3] as well as the IACP's best designed cookbook and best first cookbook awards.[1] The French Laundry Cookbook is in its sixteenth printing[4] and has been printed over 400,000 times.[5]

The French Laundry Cookbook contains 150 recipes divided into six sections, each representing a course of a meal.[6] The cookbook also includes cooking and food preparation techniques.[6]

The Wall Street Journal called the cookbook "notorious for including some of the most laborious recipes in print", commenting that "putting the ingredients together on a plate properly can be an architectural challenge".[5] Restaurants & Institutions called the cookbook "too esoteric for home cooks" but found that it "does inspire, teach and set standards for any chef".[7] Grant Achatz of Alinea has called it "[t]he ultimate reference for cooks [who wish] to be inspired by the pursuit of perfection".[8] The cookbook has also been cited as an inspiration by David Chang of Momofuku and Éric Ripert of Le Bernardin.[8]

The French Laundry Cookbook was bundled with another of Keller's cookbooks, Bouchon, in a book called The Complete Thomas Keller.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Professional Help' Columnists Win Three Top Cookbook Awards". LA Times. 5 April 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "IACP Cookbook Awards". Readersread.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Brackney Stoeger, Melissa (2013). Food Lit: A Reader's Guide to Epicurean Nonfiction. Libraries Unlimited. p. 316. ISBN 978-1598847062.
  4. ↑ Kelley, Raina (14 September 2010). "How Thomas Keller Transformed American Dining". Newsweek. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 McLaughlin, Katy (30 October 2009). "Thomas Keller's New Book". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 Vlasich Pav, Beth (7 April 2000). "The French Laundry Cookbook". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Keller's Kitchen". Restaurants & Institutions. Reed Elsevier. 15 December 1999. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. 1 2 Collins, Alexandra (13 January 2009). "On the Shelves of the Professionals". Saveur. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Complete Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon". Workman Publishing Company. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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