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| Essence: Recipes from Le Champignon Sauvage | 
 enlarge | Author: David Everitt-matthias
Publisher: Absolute Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 4603
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 9.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1904573525
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9781904573524
ASIN: 1904573525
Publication Date: September 21, 2006
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 User friendly book to inspire the serious diner and cook December 1, 2006
17 out of 25 found this review helpful
Unlike the dumbed-down recipes that appear in many of the books attributed to top chefs, these are dishes that David Everitt-Matthias has actually put in front of the paying customers in his Michelin 2 star restaurant. Dishes are broken down into their individual components with a clear explanation of how each is prepared and the presentation on the plate is beautifully photographed.
David E-M clearly wants readers to be able to take lessons from this book into their own kitchens without necessarily reproducing any of his dishes in their entirety. Thus he emphasises that his recipes are not set in stone but are there to be borrowed from or adapted.
Nonetheless, seeing the imagination and technical skill involved in these dishes will make many readers reach for the phone to book a table rather than head for the kitchen. A very wise move! Quite how David E-M managed to produce food like this for many years with only one other chef in the kitchen is baffling - even after a recent expansion there are only four of them serving 40 covers. And, as every article written about Champignon Sauvage seems to mention, David E-M has never missed a service in its 19-year history.
essence of perfection October 30, 2006
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
this book is FANTASTIC,having eaten at le champignon sauvage i was pleased to find all the courses i sampled in the book.
one of the best "professional" book i posess!
buy it you wont be dissapointed.
A unique book October 25, 2006
26 out of 34 found this review helpful
If you're lucky enough to have eaten at Le Champignon Sauvage, you'll know just how wonderful the food is. This book is a stunning and fitting representation of David Everitt-Matthias's wonderful double-Michelin-starred food. What at first appears to be a daunting array of multi-layered dishes as they would appear in the restaurant is, on closer inspection, a collection of detailed recipes that can be deconstructed in such a way that one can unite separate elements from different recipes to make the dish they want. This is an ingenious way of presenting genius food: a pick 'n' mix of the highest order.
There are wonderful inclusions of rare and wild ingredients -- leaning towards David's passion for hedgerow ingredients (which is appendicised into a handsome wild food glossary at the back of the book) -- with sensible more widely available alternatives suggested to make sure that all of the recipes remain within the capabilities of the home cook.
The book is beautifully photographed, showcasing David's fine eye for presentation and the intrinsic beauty of each dish and component part.
And if this note or praise doesn't convince, then read the words of two of the few who could genuinely be regarded as David's peers: a glowing foreword by Gordon Ramsay and a couple of dozen words on the back of the book from Heston Blumenthal: they sum up the significant contribution to this country's cuisine that Everitt-Matthias has made over the last twenty years.
Essence is a singular and stunning book by one of the most talented, dedicated and insprirational chefs around.
The best Recipes Ever October 15, 2006
7 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you love the restaurant and the book you will adore this addtion to your recipe collection. Exquisitie food helpful step by step instruction. this is for the profesional cook to Wow you friends and family Chocolate Dleice with salty carmael mmmmmmmm beautiful illustrations and helpful supplier
enjoy
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