Members of the Association des Maitres Cuisiniers de France (Association of Master Chefs), some from Paris, held their annual North American meeting last week at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. French was the language of the day, and food, naturally, was the highlight.
The lavish six-course dinner featured a champagne reception and dishes from Jacky Robert of [...]

Moral: there are many things you can learn from a book, but not how to bake a cake or cook a meal.
You need to know the basics. Boil, bake, fry, roast. There are words that say one thing but mean another %26ndash; drizzle, blitz, curdle, whip, whisk, blanch, fold, bind …
There are essential tools %26ndash; [...]