Thomas Keller

2019 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley—“the most exciting place to eat in the United States” (The New York Times). The most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor Thomas Keller himself. Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right. And this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a French Laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courses. Most dazzling is how simple Keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes. From innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, The French Laundry Cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of America's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both unique. One hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the French Laundry kitchen—no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens. If you can't get to the French Laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience Wine Spectator described as “as close to dining perfection as it gets.”

The French Laundry Cookbook

Thomas Keller shares family-style recipes that you can make any or every day. In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart—flaky biscuits, chicken pot pies, New England clam bakes, and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust's madeleines a run for their money. Keller, whose restaurants The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and Per Se in New York have revolutionized American haute cuisine, is equally adept at turning out simpler fare. In Ad Hoc at Home—a cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville—he showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals. This is Keller at his most playful, serving up such truck-stop classics as Potato Hash with Bacon and Melted Onions and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and heartier fare including beef Stroganoff and roasted spring leg of lamb. In fun, full-color photographs, the great chef gives step-by-step lessons in kitchen basics— here is Keller teaching how to perfectly shape a basic hamburger, truss a chicken, or dress a salad. Best of all, where Keller’s previous best-selling cookbooks were for the ambitious advanced cook, Ad Hoc at Home is filled with quicker and easier recipes that will be embraced by both kitchen novices and more experienced cooks who want the ultimate recipes for American comfort-food classics.

Ad Hoc at Home

Sebastien Rouxel

Susie Heller

Collects recipes from the famed Bouchon Bakery, including chocolate eclairs, cherry-whipped cream doughnuts, poached pears, and sourdough boule.

Bouchon Bakery

Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of Napa Valley's French Laundry, is passionate about bistro cooking. He believes fervently that the real art of cooking lies in elevating to excellence the simplest ingredients; that bistro cooking embodies at once a culinary ethos of generosity, economy, and simplicity; that the techniques at its foundation are profound, and the recipes at its heart have a powerful ability to nourish and please. So enamored is he of this older, more casual type of cooking that he opened the restaurant Bouchon, right next door to the French Laundry, so he could satisfy a craving for a perfectly made quiche, or a gratinéed onion soup, or a simple but irresistible roasted chicken. Now Bouchon, the cookbook, embodies this cuisine in all its sublime simplicity. But let's begin at the real beginning. For Keller, great cooking is all about the virtue of process and attention to detail. Even in the humblest dish, the extra thought is evident, which is why this food tastes so amazing: The onions for the onion soup are caramelized for five hours; lamb cheeks are used for the navarin; basic but essential refinements every step of the way make for the cleanest flavors, the brightest vegetables, the perfect balance—whether of fat to acid for a vinaigrette, of egg to liquid for a custard, of salt to meat for a duck confit. Because versatility as a cook is achieved through learning foundations, Keller and Bouchon executive chef Jeff Cerciello illuminate all the key points of technique along the way: how a two-inch ring makes for a perfect quiche; how to recognize the right hazelnut brown for a brown butter sauce; how far to caramelize sugar for different uses. But learning and refinement aside—oh those recipes! Steamed mussels with saffron, bourride, trout grenobloise with its parsley, lemon, and croutons; steak frites, beef bourguignon, chicken in the pot—all exquisitely crafted. And those immortal desserts: the tarte Tatin, the chocolate mousse, the lemon tart, the profiteroles with chocolate sauce. In Bouchon, you get to experience them in impeccably realized form. This is a book to cherish, with its alluring mix of recipes and the author's knowledge, warmth, and wit: "I find this a hopeful time for the pig," says Keller about our yearning for the flavor that has been bred out of pork. So let your imagination transport you back to the burnished warmth of an old-fashioned French bistro, pull up a stool to the zinc bar or slide into a banquette, and treat yourself to truly great preparations that have not just withstood the vagaries of fashion, but have improved with time. Welcome to Bouchon.

Bouchon

Offers recipes from the author's two restaurants, The French Laundry and Bouchon.

The Complete Keller

In dem durch politische Extreme geprägten Jahrzehnt von 1937 bis 1947 suchen nonkonformistische Kreise in Frankreich nach Alternativen zur Entscheidung zwischen Liberalismus und Barbarei. Konzepte von innerer Erfahrung und Gemeinschaft bilden dabei Bezugspunkte zwischen den politisch wie weltanschaulich sehr unterschiedlichen Gruppen, die nicht zuletzt weit auseinandergehende Ansichten hinsichtlich der Fortdauer des Sakralen in modernen Gesellschaften haben. Das Buch von Thomas Keller stellt erstmals in deutscher Sprache die komplexe Geschichte des französischen Nonkonformismus vor und rekonstruiert die Gemengelage nach dem Scheitern der Volksfront, während der deutschen Besatzung und vor dem Beginn des Wirtschaftswunders. Die verschiedenen Gruppierungen verfolgen dabei sehr unterschiedliche Visionen. Das Collège socratique um Georges Bataille übersetzt etwa Elemente der christlichen Mystik in den Alltag und zielt auf intensive Erfahrungen des Außersichseins. Der ökumenische Moré-Kreis hingegen, der personalistische Impulse weiterführt, ist von der Identifikation mit dem leidenden Opfer Christi angetrieben. Die Leute der Gascogne, insbesondere Bernard Charbonneau und Jacques Ellul, warnen umgekehrt vor den Sakralisierungen von Staat und Technik. Die Ökologen der ersten Stunde werden von der Frage umgetrieben, ob die anthropologische Ausstattung überhaupt eine rettende Wende zulässt. Und schließlich entwickelt Henry Corbin, einer der Hauptakteure der Eranos-Tagungen, eine differentielle und responsive Anthropologie, die Bilderwelten des Sufismus mit neueren Theorien der Affektivität verbindet. Thomas Keller entwirrt die verschlungenen Positionen dieser Gruppierungen und legt so eine vergessene, grenzüberschreitende Spur der philosophischen Anthropologie frei.

Eine Geschichte des französischen Nonkonformismus (1937–1947)

Anthropologien des Sakralen

Idwal Jones

A Story

The Adventures of Chef Gallois

Elke Brucker-Kley

Denisa Kykalová

Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY 4.0 Lizenz. Dieses Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer qualitativen und quantitativen Studie, die das Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Marketingmanagement der ZHAW School of Management and Law 2016 durchgeführt hat. Ziel der Business-Process-Management-Studie, mit der seit 2011 regelmäßig Status quo und Best Practices im deutschsprachigen Raum erhoben werden, war es, die Rolle des Prozessmanagements als Gestaltungshebel der digitalen Transformation zu beleuchten.

Business-Process-Management-Studie – Status quo und Erfolgsmuster

Kundennutzen durch digitale Transformation

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Weltgeschichte - Fruhgeschichte, Antike, Note: 1,0, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (Institut fur Geschichtswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: PS Der Aufstieg Makedoniens, 24 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Obwohl bereits zu Lebzeiten Alexanders, und verstarkt nach seinem Tod, viele Darstellungen uber ihn geschrieben wurden, ist die Quellenlage problematisch. Kallisthenes - von dem nur noch Fragmente vorliegen - war Historiker im Gefolge Alexanders und ist daher nicht als neutrale" Quelle anzusehen, sondern als jemand der die Geschichte so aufschrieb, wie Alexander sie uberliefert haben wollte. Das fruheste - heute noch vollstandig vorliegende - Geschichtswerk ist aus dem ersten Jahrhundert vor Christus im 17. Buch der Bibliotheke historike" von Diodor erhalten. Die nach Auffassung zahlreicher Historiker beste und verlasslichste Behandlung stammt von Arrian, der aber erst im 2. Jh. nach Christus lebte - rund 400 Jahre nach Alexanders Tod. Die Quellen zu Alexander sind folglich mit grosser Vorsicht zu behandeln und grundsatzlich immer kritisch zu hinterfragen. Die moderne Literatur hat ebenfalls zahlreiche Werke zu Alexander III. - und auch dessen Aufenthalt in Agypten - verfasst. Allerdings gibt es ein deutliches Ungleichgewicht in den Thematiken. Wahrend Alexanders Zug zum Ammon-Zeus-Heiligtum in der Oase Siwa sowie zu seinen Motiven fur den Zug nach Agypten haufig thematisiert wird, ist die Anzahl der Publikationen zur Neuordnung der Verwaltung sowie zu Kleomenes von Naukratis geradezu durftig. Diese Proseminararbeit soll untersuchen, warum Alexander die Besetzung Agyptens - die von einigen Historikern als unverstandlicher Umweg dargestellt wird - als wichtigen Baustein seiner Eroberungsplane benotigte. Der Autor vertritt die These, dass Alexander sowohl wegen finanziellen und militarischen Grunden als auch aus Prestigegrunden Agypten erobern musste."

Alexander der Große in Ägypten

William Webb

Lajos L. Hanzo

Single- and Multi-carrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Principles and Applications for Personal Communications, WLANs and Broadcasting L. Hanzo Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK W. Webb Motorola, Arlington Heights, USA formerly at Multiple Access Communications Ltd, Southampton, UK T. Keller Ubinetics, Cambridge Technology Centre, Melbourn, UK formerly at Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK Motivated by the rapid evolution of wireless communication systems, this expanded second edition provides an overview of most major single- and multi-carrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) techniques commencing with simple QAM schemes for the uninitiated through to complex, rapidly-evolving areas, such as arrangements for wide-band mobile channels. Targeted at the more advanced reader, the multi-carrier modulation based second half of the book presents a research-orientated outlook using a variety of novel QAM-based arrangements. * Features six new chapters dealing with the complexities of multi-carrier modulation which has found applications ranging from Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) to Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) * Provides a rudimentary introduction for readers requiring a background in the field of modulation and radio wave propagation * Discusses classic QAM transmission issues relevant to Gaussian channels * Examines QAM-based transmissions over mobile radio channels * Incorporates QAM-related orthogonal techniques, considers the spectral efficiency of QAM in cellular frequency re-use structures and presents a QAM-based speech communications system design study * Introduces Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) over both Gaussian and wideband fading channels By providing an all-encompassing self-contained treatment of single- and multi- carrier QAM based communications, a wide range of readers including senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, practising engineers and researchers alike will all find the coverage of this book attractive.

Principles and Applications for Personal Communications, WLANs and Broadcasting

Single- and Multi-carrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Die Studie macht die materiale Kultur bei deutsch-französischer Wissensübertragung sichtbar. Sächliche und lebendige Medien bilden das transkulturelle Dritte. In einem Gang durch mehr als zwei Jahrhunderte macht Keller die materiale Dimension der Übertragung sichtbar, mittels derer sich Verbindungen und Konflikte von Deutschen und Franzosen stellvertretend verkörpern. Zahlreiche Beispiele - Reliquien-Translation, transkulturelles Grabmal, Bilder von Einwanderern, Verschiebungen von Gebrauchs- und Kunstgegenständen in Form von Kunstraub und exterritorialen Ausstellungen, leibliche Begegnungen, etwa Liebesakte, Mensch-Tier-Skulpturen und Abweichungen wie der Akzent, transgressive Textverfahren - demonstrieren dies. Die Aufladung mit sowohl kontaktstiftenden wie störenden Dritten zwischen Deutschen und Franzosen in Zeiten von Krieg und Besatzung macht heutzutage einer wachsenden Indifferenz Platz. The study focuses its attention on the material culture that transports knowledge between Germans and French. The numerous examples - translation of relics, tombstones, pictures of immigrants, movements of everyday objects and objects of art, such as art theft and extraterritorial exhibitions, physical encounters, such as sexual acts, and variations such as accents, transgressive text methodologies - make transcultural Thirds visible that serve to embody connections and conflicts in German-French relations.

die Stelle der Übertragung

Verkörperungen des Dritten im deutsch-französischen Verhältnis

personalistische Intellektuellendebatten der Zwischenkriegszeit

Deutsch-französische Dritte-Weg-Diskurse

Lajos Hanzo

M. Münster

Byungcho Choi

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a method of digital modulation in which a signal is split into several narrowband channels at different frequencies. CDMA is a form of multiplexing, which allows numerous signals to occupy a single transmission channel, optimising the use of available bandwidth. Multiplexing is sending multiple signals or streams of information on a carrier at the same time in the form of a single, complex signal and then recovering the separate signals at the receiving end. Multi-Carrier (MC) CDMA is a combined technique of Direct Sequence (DS) CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and OFDM techniques. It applies spreading sequences in the frequency domain. Wireless communications has witnessed a tremendous growth during the past decade and further spectacular enabling technology advances are expected in an effort to render ubiquitous wireless connectivity a reality. This technical in-depth book is unique in its detailed exposure of OFDM, MIMO-OFDM and MC-CDMA. A further attraction of the joint treatment of these topics is that it allows the reader to view their design trade-offs in a comparative context. Divided into three main parts: Part I provides a detailed exposure of OFDM designed for employment in various applications Part II is another design alternative applicable in the context of OFDM systems where the channel quality fluctuations observed are averaged out with the aid of frequency-domain spreading codes, which leads to the concept of MC-CDMA Part III discusses how to employ multiple antennas at the base station for the sake of supporting multiple users in the uplink Portrays the entire body of knowledge currently available on OFDM Provides the first complete treatment of OFDM, MIMO(Multiple Input Multiple Output)-OFDM and MC-CDMA Considers the benefits of channel coding and space time coding in the context of various application examples and features numerous complete system design examples Converts the lessons of Shannon’s information theory into design principles applicable to practical wireless systems Combines the benefits of a textbook with a research monograph where the depth of discussions progressively increase throughout the book This all-encompassing self-contained treatment will appeal to researchers, postgraduate students and academics, practising research and development engineers working for wireless communications and computer networking companies and senior undergraduate students and technical managers.

OFDM and MC-CDMA for Broadband Multi-User Communications, WLANs and Broadcasting

Wireless communications has witnessed a tremendous growth during the past decade and further spectacular enabling technology advances are expected in an effort to render ubiquitous wireless connectivity a reality. Currently, a technical in-depth book on this subject is unavailable, which has a similar detailed exposure of OFDM, MIMO-OFDM and MC-CDMA. A further attraction of the joint treatment of these topics is that it allows the reader to view their design trade-offs in a comparative context. Divided into three main parts: Part I provides a detailed exposure of OFDM designed for employment in various applications Part II is another design alternative applicable in the context of OFDM systems where the channel quality fluctuations observed are averaged out with the aid of frequency-domain spreading codes, which leads to the concept of MC-CDMA Part III discusses how to employ multiple antennas at the base station for the sake of supporting multiple users in the uplink By providing an all-encompassing self-contained treatment this volume will appeal to a wide readership, as it is both an easy-reading textbook and a high-level research monograph.

A Primer

OFDM and MC-CDMA

Kay Sturgis

Larry Sturgis

Deborah Taylor

A package containing a Ouija-type board and paperback book explains how to communicate with the angels and includes first-person accounts of the authors' moving experiences and commentary from angels themselves. Original. 35,000 first printing.

The Message Board That Connects You to Your Angels

The Angels Talk

Freddy Raphaël

Akten des 4. Kolloquiums des EUCOR-Forschungsverbunds Interkulturalität in Theorie und Praxis, Frühjahr 2002, Centre St. Thomas, Strasbourg

Lebensgeschichten, Exil, Migration

Bound by a common philosophy, linked by live video, staffed by a cadre of inventive and skilled chefs, the kitchens of Thomas Keller’s celebrated restaurants—The French Laundry in Yountville, California, and per se, in New York City—are in a relationship unique in the world of fine dining. Ideas bounce back and forth in a dance of creativity, knowledge, innovation, and excellence. It’s a relationship that’s the very embodiment of collaboration, and of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. And all of it is captured in The French Laundry, Per Se, with meticulously detailed recipes for 70 beloved dishes, including Smoked Sturgeon Rillettes on an Everything Bagel, “The Whole Bird,” Tomato Consommé, Celery Root Pastrami, Steak and Potatoes, Peaches ’n’ Cream. Just reading these recipes is a master class in the state of the art of cooking today. We learn to use a dehydrator to intensify the flavor and texture of fruits and vegetables. To make the crunchiest coating with a cornstarch–egg white paste and potato flakes. To limit waste in the kitchen by fermenting vegetable trimmings for sauces with an unexpected depth of flavor. And that essential Keller trait, to take a classic and reinvent it: like the French onion soup, with a mushroom essence stock and garnish of braised beef cheeks and Comté mousse, or a classic crème brûlée reimagined as a rich, creamy ice cream with a crispy sugar tuile to mimic the caramelized coating. Throughout, there are 40 recipes for the basics to elevate our home cooking. Some are old standbys, like the best versions of beurre manié and béchamel, others more unusual, including a ramen broth (aka the Super Stock) and a Blue-Ribbon Pickle. And with its notes on technique, stories about farmers and purveyors, and revelatory essays from Thomas Keller—“The Lessons of a Dishwasher,” “Inspiration Versus Influence,” “Patience and Persistence”—The French Laundry, Per Se will change how young chefs, determined home cooks, and dedicated food lovers understand and approach their cooking.

The French Laundry, Per Se

An essential resource for any cook, this book offers a comprehensive evaluation of both classic and contemporary equipment for the home kitchen and also explains more than 300 important cooking techniques that will help you execute tricky culinary tasks. The book discusses basic and specialty tools for cooking and baking, cutlery, cookware, electric appliances and useful accessories. Along with a foreword by noted chef Thomas Keller, the book includes over 1,500 color photographs, 50 basic recipes plus variations, and a wealth of how-to tips. H A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.

Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniques

Brings together the author's two acclaimed, award-winning cooking tomes--The French Laundry Cookbook and Ad Hoc at Home--into a single slipcased boxed set.

The French Laundry Cookbook & Ad Hoc at Home

The Essential Thomas Keller

Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos

Fatigue has long been recognized as a mechanism that can provoke catastrophic material failure in structural applications and researchers are now turning to the development of prediction tools in order to reduce the cost of determining design criteria for any new material. Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites explains these highly scientific subjects in a simple yet thorough way. Fatigue behavior of fiber-reinforced composite materials and structural components is described through the presentation of numerous experimental results. Many examples help the reader to visualize the failure modes of laminated composite materials and structural adhesively bonded joints. Theoretical models, based on these experimental data, are demonstrated and their capacity for fatigue life modeling and prediction is thoroughly assessed. Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites gives the reader the opportunity to learn about methods for modeling the fatigue behavior of fiber-reinforced composites, about statistical analysis of experimental data, and about theories for life prediction under loading patterns that produce multiaxial fatigue stress states. The authors combine these theories to establish a complete design process that is able to predict fatigue life of fiber-reinforced composites under multiaxial, variable amplitude stress states. A classic design methodology is presented for demonstration and theoretical predictions are compared to experimental data from typical material systems used in the wind turbine rotor blade industry. Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites also presents novel computational methods for modeling fatigue behavior of composite materials, such as artificial neural networks and genetic programming, as a promising alternative to the conventional methods. It is an ideal source of information for researchers and graduate students in mechanical engineering, civil engineering and materials science.

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