The Way To Cook.

CHILD, Julia; Photographs by Brian Leatart & Jim Scherer.

Item Number: 3461

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

First edition. Quarto, original boards. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

ln what is called Julia Child’s second magnum opus (after Mastering the Art of French Cooking) in The Way To Cook there are more than 800 recipes, including the variations--from a treasure trove of poultry and fish recipes and a vast array of fresh vegetables prepared in new ways to bread doughs (that can be turned into pizzas and calzones and hamburger buns) and delicious indulgences, such as Caramel Apple Mountain or a Queen of Sheba Chocolate Almond Cake with Chocolate Leaves. And if you want to know how a finished dish should look or how to angle your knife or to fashion a pretty rosette on that cake, there are more than 600 color photographs to entice and instruct you along the way.