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MASTERING THE
A RT O F
FRENCH COOKING
volume one

Fortieth Anniversary Edition

by

Julia Child
Louisette Bertholle
Simone Beck

New York Alfred A. Knopf 2001

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Child, Julia. Mastering the art of French cooking.
Rev. ed. of: Mastering the art of French cooking / Simone Beck,
Louisette Bertholle, Julia Child.
Vol. 2 by Julia Child and Simone Beck.
Includes index.
1. Cookery, French. I. Bertholle, Louisette.
II. Beck, Simone. III. Beck, Simone. Mastering the art
of French cooking. IV. Title.
TX719.C454 1983 641.5944 83-48113
ISBN 0-394-40178-6 (set)
ISBN 0-394-72114-4 (pbk.: set)
ISBN 0-394-53399-2 (v. 1)
ISBN 0-394-72178-0 (pbk.: v. 1)
ISBN 0-394-40152-2 (v. 2)
ISBN 0-394-72177-2 (pbk.: v. 2)
ISBN 0-375-41340-5 (v. 1, 40th ann. ed.)

Manufactured in the United States of America

published october 16, 1961
reprinted nineteen times
twenty-first reprint from new plates october 1971
reprinted twelve times
thirty-fourth printing (revised) september 1983
fortieth anniversary edition, october 16, 2001