berry@zinfandel.UUCP (06/06/84)
#R:duke:-440700:zinfandel:4300064:000:452 zinfandel!berry Jun 4 10:47:00 1984 I would definitely give a 10 to 'Larousse Gastronomique'. It's a dictionary-style compendium of EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about French (and then some) cooking. You need to be an experienced cook to get the most out of it, but BOY is it complete. Info on foodstuffs, history, recipes, you name it. The only cookbook used regularly by M. F. K. Fisher according to an interview in a recent Cook's Magazine. Need I say more? --berry