Sauces reconsidered: après Escoffier

Most cookbooks age poorly as tastes change, but Sauces Reconsidered evades this fate because the structure of sauces is not dependent on fashion. By exploring the fundamental physical and cultural characteristics of hundreds of sauces, we see the connections between, and the distinguishing features of, sauces from any cuisine around the world.;Anciens regimes -- So many rich sauces -- Old wine in new bottles -- Nineteenth century -- The French were not, of course, the only sauciers -- The modern world of cooking begins -- O brave new world, that has such sauces in it! -- Time for a change -- Solutions -- Suspensions -- Gels -- Emulsions -- Cultured sauces -- Composites.