Customer Reviews
Inspirational - By: Hawbeck, 02 Jan 2009 
This is a thoroughly enjoyable read for anyone interestedin food & the restaurant trade. M Blanc has a jovial entertaining style & lots of good stories to tell. I have had the pleasure of diningin several of his restaurants including Le Manoir & reading this book brings back those special memories to me as it does encapsulate the atmosphere he generatesin his restaurants. Anyone interestedin France will also enjoy the early sections of the book which give some insight into how our french cousins (or for many of us expats - neighbours)develop their respect for food & their attachement to their regional cuisine.
Haute cuisine - By: Dave, 29 Oct 2008 
This is a wonderful book - full of great stories about the foodin Raymond's life & the lifein his food. You learn something amazing about food on every page, all framedin the story of the great man's life. Anyone with even a passing interestin what they eat will find something here to get their juices flowing...