Pictured Recipes

This blog brings unpictured cookbooks alive!

My first project focuses on the set menus in A. Escoffier’s ‘Guide to Modern Cookery’ from 1907.

I received this cookbook about classic French cooking as a birthday present along with another beautifully illustrated modern cookbook. As Escoffier’s classic book has no pictures, I was inspired to create and share pictured versions of the recipes with some more detailed instructions and commentary for the contemporary kitchen. I hope they inspire you in your kitchen!

The A. Escoffier’s ‘Guide to Modern Cookery’ has 2973 recipes to explore. I’m starting this blog with the focus on the recipes that are featured on his suggested menus. 

Come, explore and comment on the pictures and instructions of the old classics and their contemporary interpretations.

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