What is 40 Pounds of Recipes?

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[youtube id=”-ioVQoRSgSQ”] by Sophie Gayot It is 18 kilos of a 1,200-page cookbook containing 500 recipes and illustrated by 1,500 photos; 1,000 copies of this book are being sold at € 1,500 by a chef who started in the kitchen at 15, and has been cooking for 25 years. From peeling potatoes at his debut, Yannick Alléno worked his way up to fine dining gastronomy when he took the helm at Le Meurice restaurant in Paris. The best way to discover this soon-to-become iconic cookbook, Ma Cuisine Française, is to do it with Alléno himself with the video above. Also listen closely to how Alléno wants to redefine French cuisine in this exclusive one-on-one discussion. To buy the book, you can only do so at http://macuisinefrancaise.com/ You can click on each photo to enlarge. Photos © Sophie Gayot