The French Laundry Cookbook is a stunningly beautiful food pictorial that takes you on a culinary journey through the doors of one of the greatest restaurants in our country, The French Laundry. Thomas Keller, French Laundry's chef and proprietor, acts as the book's chief navigator, graciously inviting you into his "home." He begins by introducing his philosophy of cooking: "When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear; to make people happy. That's what cooking is all about." I believe this. But as a professional chef myself, I must take that a step further and add that as much as you enjoy making people happy through food, you must first enjoy the process of bringing food to people. Throughout this colorful new cookbook, Thomas Keller gives us the opportunity to do just that.
