The Complete Thomas Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon

by Thomas Keller

From two acclaimed, award-winning restaurants came two of the most acclaimed, award-winning cookbooks ever published—now packaged together in a luxurious slipcased boxed set, the ideal gift for any food lover.

First there was French Laundry in Napa Valley, setting a new standard for American fine dining. Then there was The French Laundry Cookbook , setting a new standard for American cookbooks. In 1998, Chef Keller opened Bouchon, “so that I’d have a place to eat after cooking all night at the French Laundry,” and that restaurant, too, gave birth to a groundbreaking cookbook. Now, fifteen years after Thomas Keller first set foot in what would become a landmark restaurant, these two extraordinary books are offered in a striking new slipcased edition. With this year’s opening of the Bouchon Bakery in New York City, and last year’s momentous Michelin guide that awarded Keller’s Per Se the top honors, Keller is increasingly in the limelight—and his inventive, delicious food is increasingly in the consciousness of a national audience. The Complete Keller is the perfect gift for anyone who loves fine food.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Culinary, Nonfiction

696 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2006

About the author

Thomas Keller is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996, and the Best Chef in America in 1997. The restaurant is a perennial winner in the annual Restaurant Magazine list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World.
In 2005, he was awarded the three star rating in the inaugural Michelin Guide for New York for his restaurant Per Se, and in 2006, he was awarded three stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide to the Bay Area for The French Laundry. He is the only American chef to have been awarded simultaneous three star Michelin ratings for two different restaurants.

Reviews

[Katherine Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a great fan of Thomas Keller. I've made very few of the recipes contained in these two volumes but love reading the recipes and descriptions put forth...it's like looking at beautiful art. Recipes are complex and many faceted - a style of cooking in which I don't frequently indulge. That said...the books are beautiful, a cook voyeur's delight.

[yvonne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am always reading these two books in search for education and inspiration.
This guy is amazing.
I have reservations for the French Laundry soon, and just cannot wait to go.

If you love food and cooking, these two are must haves.

[George Schlossnagle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly accessible. I briefly considered doing a 'cook the book', but I've nonetheless made about 15 recipes from the 2 books and they were all fabulous.

[Deleana · Rating 5 out of 5]

nine recip. tried thus far ..... so far soooooooo good.....

[Susan]

For Leigh-Christmas?