Description: David Rosengarten author of the bestselling Dean & Deluca Cookbook, has been called the Julia Child for the nineties, and for good reason. He is a brilliant teacher, with a great culinary personality that comes through as vividly in this book as it does on the screen. Rosengarten doesn't just tell you to buy a chicken or a few ounces of chocolate; he tells you how to distinguish a great chicken from a merely good one, and where to find it. He tells you what chocolate really is, where it comes from, how it is made, and how to judge its quality and taste -- then he tells you how to turn it into the best brownies you've ever had. Taste is an indispensable colIection of over a hundred culinary classics, from caviar to crab cakes, gazpacho and ribs to osso buco and gumbo, with extensive information on ingredients and techniques -- a book that will teach you not only how to cook but how to taste.

Beginners will learn the basics from this book, and for those who know their way around the kitchen, Rosengarten's culinary information will be a revelation. This is the book of classic recipes and techniques that thousands of TVFN fans have been waiting for.

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