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Why do people do any sort of art? It's fun and rewarding. Food can be as creative a medium as anything else.
I'm happy eating cheese on toast, or a home cooked sausage and mash, or curry goat from the local pub (run by Jamaicans), or an 11 course degustation menu.
There seems to be much more inverse snobbery towards fine dining on this forum than I've ever received at a fine dining restaurant.
And why 'so called'? What is there to object to?
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There's a lot of inverse snobbery to everything on this forum.
As for books, my recommendations would be the Michel Roux (snr) books that specialise. "Eggs", "Pastry" and "Sauces" are brilliant.
Also learnt a lot from Rene Redzepi : A Work In Progress ... although less of a recipe book than an really inspiring look at process and recipe development.
Equally, I've had plates that are only a couple of mouthfuls worth of beetroot and cheese cooked umpteen ways. Very complicated but a brilliant thing to experience.
Further, a good chicken kadhai has about 30 ingredients but it's dead simple and cooked daily in millions of households across India.
Good food isn't about complicated/simple in the same way that Tchaikovsky and the Sex Pistols can both be enjoyable, despite being very different.
There's a couple of forums she is on where chefs share their secrets via videos - she often watches these on an iPad whilst cooking. I'll get the details for you. You have to register (like here) but it's a great resource.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
What is a the base of certain techniques and how to adapt for certain flavours without making something to sloppy/tough.
Le répertoire de la cuisine -
It is considered a standard reference for classical French haute cuisine
alongside Larousse Gastronomique and the works of Escoffier and Carême as required reading for anyone interested in classical French cooking.
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there is a sweet one too..
Are you remotely close to Oxford?
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I have various books I can recommend if that is your plan