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Best books to learn French cooking, in order

French cooking is a system of techniques more than a book of recipes, so you start with the foundations, knife work, stocks, and the mother sauces that everything else is built from. Then you graduate to bistro classics that drill those skills, and finally to the refined, multi-step cuisine that only makes sense once the fundamentals are automatic. Learn the techniques in order and the famous dishes stop being intimidating.

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