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| Author: Anthony Bourdain
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Category: Book
List Price: $37.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 6723
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 158234180X
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5944
EAN: 9781582341804
ASIN: 158234180X
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
Les Halles Cookbook April 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have a great many cookbooks with informative, good recipes, and a lessor number that are also enjoyable just to read, (Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", for example) but none that is this much fun to use. "Les Halles" combines accurate, superlative recipes, with an extremely entertaining and personal writing style. As one of the press release decriptions for the books states, it does indeed put Mr. Bourdain right next to you in your kitchen, coaching you as you cook. The recipes are clearly written, potential pitfalls pointed out, and you truly cannot go wrong if you follow his directions. Anthony Bourdain's style might not be to everybody's liking,(though I enjoy his irreverent attitude), but you can't help but love his food. He is a terrific chef, and this is terrific cook book.
Meez. 'nuff said March 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband and I went out for dinner with friends and we ended up in a bookstore. Because we were all a little toasted, we wound up with books we already owned. My non-cooking husband went back to exchange them with the instructions "just buy a cookbook." He came back with Les Halles, and we spent a great evening cooking together. Bourdain just makes it all make sense. I'm a decent cook, but getting everything together at once is always challenging, and his emphasis on thinking out your recipes and having your "meez" en place before starting is just what I needed to tackle the dual projects of getting a great meal on the table and introducing the spouse to basic cooking skills.
A truly wonderful gift March 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After perusing the other reviews of this book, it is amazing that so many people think the exact same thing I was thinking. This book is a great gift. I recieved it for Christmas a year ago and believe it is the best present I have ever recieved on that particular holiday. The thing that makes Anthony Bourdain so fun to read and watch on TV is his laid back manner. It is like reading a cookbook that you yourself would write if you had the time and motivation. I have seen very few cookbooks with so many F-bombs, and this makes it unique as well as interesting. It makes you want to try the recipes, if only just to see what he will say next.
The tone is perfect for a book of recipes of French bistro cuisine. The very things that make that kind of food appealing, its simplicity, its quality and it's focus on available and fresh ingredients are the same things that make it so much of a treat to read or to cook a recipe from. It is honest and forthright, fresh, and sometimes hilarious. It keeps you wanting to read through it more than once. You can also tell that even though he usually comes across as a smart aleck most of the time, that he truly does care about the quality and traditions that make French cooking so great.
well worth getting February 21, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've probably cooked 80% of the meals in this book with no duds. Well written, funny, easy to follow cookbook written by Bourdain back in the days when he actually cared more about food than being a food celebrity.
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles January 2, 2008
From the beginning of how to make stocks and demi glazes in lieu of purchasing them to the recipes the author has a way explaining each one differently and sometimes funny.
Owning a restaurant for many years and never indulging in Bistro Cooking this book will be a big help. Thank you Anthony for writing it.
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