Illustrations

Kitchen Equipment

How to Measure Flour

How to Use a Knife: Chopping, Slicing, Dicing, and Mincing

Two Omelette-making Methods

How to Make Pastry Dough and Pastry Shells

How to Beat Egg Whites

How to Fold Beaten Egg Whites into a Soufflé Mixture

Soufflé Molds

Puff Shells

Forming Quenelles

Making Crêpes

How to Truss a Chicken

Chicken on a Spit

Filet of Beef

The Bone Structure of a Leg of Lamb

How to Prepare Whole Artichokes

How to Prepare Artichoke Hearts

How to Prepare Fresh Asparagus

How to Peel, Seed, and Juice Tomatoes

How to Mince, Slice, Quarter, and Flute Mushrooms

How to Bake a Stuffed, Boned Duck in a Pastry Crust

How to Line a Dessert Mold with Ladyfingers

Decorative Designs for Fruit Tarts

Baba Mold

Savarin Molds

How to Ice a Cake