Michel Roux

The egg is the simplest and most complete food, highly nutritious and versatile enough for the quickest of meals or the smartest of dinner parties. It’s also a favorite of pâtissiers and dessert chefs. Michael Roux--for many years a chef at the top of his profession and a global traveler with a passion for different cuisines--is the ideal author to take a new look at one of the oldest foods of all. Each chapter is based around a style of cooking eggs, from boiling, frying ,poaching, baking and scrambling, to making the perfect omelet, crêpe, soufflé, meringue and custard. Classic recipes such as Hollandaise Sauce, Eggs Benedict and Lemon Soufflé are given a modern twist, while Michel’s original recipes boast new combinations of flavors or a lighter, simpler style of cooking. Illustrated with 150 stunning photographs and designed in a clear, modern, easy-to-follow style, Eggs is set to become a classic.

Eggs

This new edition of a bookshelf staple is a beautifully illustrated compilation of the best 100 egg recipes. Each chapter focuses on a way to cook eggs, from boiling, frying, poaching to baking and scrambling, and illustrates how to make the perfect omelette, mousse, soufflé and custard. Classic egg recipes are given a modern twist such as Hollandaise Sauce, Eggs Benedict, Lemon Soufflé, Crème Caramel and Pavlova with Summer Fruits. Exciting dishes boast new combinations of flavours or showcase a lighter, simpler style of cooking such as Soft Boiled Duck Egg with Asparagus Spears, Poached Egg Caesar Salad and Pistachio Crème Brulée.

The Essential Guide to Cooking with Eggs, Over 120 Recipes

The creation of Albert and Michel Roux, Le Gavroche opened in 1967. At the time, it was the only restaurant of its kind - serving classical French food with the highest standards of cooking and service - in London. Now run by Michel Roux Jr., it retains its two Michelin stars, and continues those high standards for which it has always been famous. Michel Roux Jr's style is 'modern French' - classical French cooking with a lighter and less rich approach, and subtly influenced by Mediterranean and Asian flavours and ingredients. This critically acclaimed book is a unique slice of culinary history - a selection of the best of Le Gavroche's cooking over the last thirty years with ten delicious seasonal recipes carefully chosen for cooking at home.

Le Gavroche Cookbook, 10 Recipes

Albert Roux

Realizing that time is a vital factor in deciding what to make, the authors have created 150 simple and relatively inexpensive recipes. Arranged thematically, the recipes cover breakfasts and brunches, light summer and winter meals, formal summer and winter dinners and outdoor eating.

The Roux Brothers Cooking for Two

The creation of Albert and Michel Roux, Le Gavroche opened in 1967. At the time, it was the only restaurant of its kind in London, serving classical French food with the highest standards of cooking and service. As the River Café has set the standard by which Italian cooking is appreciated in Britain, so Le Gavroche represents the finest classical French cooking. Now run by Michel Roux Jr., it retains its two Michelin stars, and continues those high standards for which it has always been famous. Michel Roux Jr's style is 'modern French' - classical French cooking with a lighter and less rich approach, and subtly influenced by Mediterranean and Asian flavours and ingredients. This book is a slice of culinary history - a selection of the best of Le Gavroche's cooking over the last thirty years with 200 seasonal recipes carefully chosen for cooking at home.

Le Gavroche Cookbook

Here, top chef Michel Roux had created a compendium of culinary techniques, whilst at the same producing a collection of 130 recipes that can be achieved at home. The book is arranged by style of cooking from sauces amd marinades, through steamed and poached dishes, pan-fried food, grills and roasts, to baking. Each technique is demonstrated by means of a master recipe with one or two variations, but each recipe is given a modern twist.

The Art of Cooking with a Master Chef

Only the Best

In this age of back-to-home-and-hearth, acclaimed three-star chef Michel Roux reveals professional secrets of French sauce-making. Michel Roux presents over two hundred classic and contemporary sauces that transform the humblest dish into a masterpiece. Included are recipes for his latest innovations and centuries-old classics, such as hollandaise and béchamel, making this small-format compendium indispensable. Beginning with the "mother sauces" that provide the foundation for dozens of others, Roux shows how sauces provide the endless variations and continuing appeal of French cooking. Packed with tips (such as "always add cold water to stock"), this updated edition features over one hundred new photographs and twenty-five new recipes with completely revised and updated text.

Revised and Updated Edition

Michel Roux Sauces

Classic French recipes from the leading London restaurant Le Gavroche, created and run by the Roux family for thirty years. The Roux family name is synonymous with quality French cooking; Michel Roux Jr selects 200 of the most popular classic recipes from the kitchen of Le Gavroche. Albert and Michel Roux have between them published many successful cookbooks; this is the first cookbook by Michel Roux Jr, who has worked with many of France's top chefs and as a personal chef to the President of France before taking over at Le Gavroche. The book shows how to create the atmosphere and cuisine of Le Gavroche at home, with advice on dining French style and on how to select what to drink, from aperitif to sweet wine.

Martin Brigdale

Destined to become a staple on the bookshelves of everyone who likes to cook and illustrated throughout with stunning photographs by award-winning photographer Martin Brigdale, 'Eggs' is a compilation of Roux's 100 best egg recipes.

A superb sauce can transform the simplest dish into an impressive creation. This comprehensive collection of over 200 sauces by Michel Roux, proprietor of the 3 Michelin-starred Waterside Inn, has already attained classic status as the essential guide in every good cook's kitchen. For this new and revised edition, Michel has updated all the recipes for today's lighter, healthier taste, added 20 new recipes and over 50 new colour photographs. The techniques and methods of sauce making are explained simply and clearly, many illustrated with step-by-step instructions and photographs. A comprehensive directory which recommends the best sauces for key dishes and ingredients is also included.

Savoury & Sweet

Sauces

This collection of recipes represents the French home cooking as passed down through generations of food-loving families. Inspired by their mother, who passed on the secrets of her native Normandy cuisine, the book has been put together by Michel and Albert Roux. Divided into twelve regional chapters, each introduction gives an overview of the region and its culinary traditions. Typical recipes follow and each chapter concludes with a list of ingredients indigenous to that area.

French Country Cooking

Michel and Albert Roux are a culinary legend. In this book they turn their attention to the French art of Patisserie, pooling half a century of their collective knowledge and experience to create, not a general cookery book, but a culinary bible. The Roux brothers guide even the modest cook through the making of the simplest pastry to the most mouth-watering confection, achieving results once within the realm of only the professional chef. With practical advice, tips and hints, the authors set out the various pastry, sponge and dough bases used for desserts and breads, and the creams and fruit-flavoured sauces that complement them. The main recipe section comprises Cold desserts and sweets, Hot desserts and sweets, Hot and cold fruit tarts, Ice creams and sorbets, Petits fours and canapes and finally Cakes. Each recipe lists the equipment needed and provides practical advice on preparation, with hints on presentation, storage and freezing. Finally, the Roux brothers reveal the techniques behind their spectacular, decorative sugar work.

Roux Brothers on Patisserie

Pastry dispels the myth that pastry-making is complicated and beyond the reach of many cooks. Designed in an easy-to-follow format, this chunky compilation presents all the classic pastries in the simplest possible way, along with an inspiring collection of original recipes. Trained in the classic French style, and with more than thirty years experience as a top chef, Michel Roux has a wealth of culinary expertise to offer on this subject. Each chapter is based on a particular dough and starts with a step-by-step technique spread. The recipes that follow use the basic pastry in a variety of ways - both sweet and savoury. Recipes range from great classics, such as quiche lorraine, pecan pie and lemon tart, to contemporary ideas for canapés, seafood pastries and filo croustades. Classics are given a modern twist, while innovative recipes offer new flavour combinations or a lighter style of cooking. Superbly illustrated throughout, this cookbook is destined to become the new authoritative guide to pastry-making.

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