The Essential Thomas Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Ad Hoc at Home

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Two award-winning books in one box offer a lifetime of learning for anyone who loves fine food.

From two acclaimed restaurants came two of the most acclaimed, award-winning cookbooks ever publishednow packaged together in a luxurious slipcased boxed set, the ideal holiday gift for any food lover.

First there was French Laundry in Napa Valley, setting a new standard for American fine dining. Then there was The French Laundry Cookbook, setting a new standard for American cookbooks. In 2006, Chef Keller opened Ad Hoc, his casual family-style restaurant that serves a single menu a day, and that restaurant, too, gave birth to a groundbreaking cookbook, in fact a New York Times best seller.

Whereas Ad Hoc at Home offers a huge happiness-inducing collection of family-style recipes that includes lunch-counter favoriteslemon meringue and cherry pie; such classics as Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Herbed Rack of Lamb, plus Thomass moms coconut cake and his dads favorite meatballsThe French Laundry Cookbook is a culinary ode to finesse. Every recipe in it has become a classic: from Kellers Salmon Cornets to his Oysters and Pearls and Butter-Poached Lobster. From the casual but carefully considered food of Ad Hoc at Home to The French Laundry Cookbooks recipes at their most refined, this is cooking that delivers in taste, and makes us all better cooks.

Author Bio

Thomas Kelleris the author of The French Laundry Cookbook, Bouchon, Under Pressure, Ad Hoc at Home, and Bouchon Bakery. He is the first and only American chef to have two Michelin Guide three-star-rated restaurants, The French Laundry and per se, both of which continue to rank among the best restaurants in America and the world. In 2011 he was designated a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, the first American male chef to be so honored. In 2017, as part of the Mentor BKB Foundationestablished with chefs Jrme Bocuse and Daniel BouludKeller led Team USA to win the Bocuse dOr competition in Lyon, France, for the first time ever.