Two New Books to Check Out

So the other day I picked up two books I have been wanting to buy for a very long time. Normally they are $60 a piece but I found them in a two pack for just under $30. These books are called "The French Laundry" and "Ad Hoc at Home" by Chef Thomas Keller.

http://www.frenchlaundry.com/

http://www.tkrg.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Keller

Those links will help you to understand who Thomas Keller is and what he does. His books are amazing and laid out in such a way that you will grow to love him and his food. Both books show food that he prepares at two of his famous restaurants and shows you why he does it and how you can do it.

Each book contains not just recipes, but stories. Some are about him, some about his food, some about where he gets his food, and others are little tid bits of things that have happened at the restaurant and in his life. Ad Hoc at home I suggest to anyone who is wanting to be a cook at home or who is just starting out. In fact the first chapter is called "Becoming a better cook." The French Laundry, however, is for the more advanced crowd of cooks. It features what he does best, the more award winning, star earning food. This way of cooking requires a knowledge of food and the ability to focus and prepare food in a way most cooks are not familiar with at home.

Both books were great reads and are stuck on my books shelf of cooking books and books on food. I suggest them if you want to see what profession cooking is and what it is all about. It will show you the art and the love we have for what we do. To top it off, it will show you how a man who never went to culinary school can pull off star worthy food. So go out and pick them up sometime, you will not be disappointed.