Child J. Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking

Knopf, 2009. - 160 pages.How many minutes should you cook green beans? Is it better to steam them or to boil them?What are the right proportions for a vinaigrette?How do you skim off fat?What is the perfect way to roast a chicken?Julia Child gave us extensive answers to all these questions-and so many more-in the masterly books she published over the course of her career. But which one do you t urn to for which solutions? Over the years Julia also developed some new approaches to old problems, using time-saving equipment and more readily available products. So where do you locate the latest findings?All the answers are close to hand in this indispensable little volume: the delicious, comforting, essential compendium of Julia's kitchen wisdom-a book you can't do without.