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Christmas: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection

Christmas: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection

by Le Cordon Bleu

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Le Cordon Bleu Christmas collection has all the recipes you need to create a beautiful, traditional family celebration. From delicious canapés for Christmas Eve drinks to a traditional honey ham, sophisticated alternatives to turkey or a classic Christmas pudding or Italian panforte, this book will give you all the inspiration you need to make this Christmas truly memorable.

The art & the talent of Le Cordon Bleu, the Leading Global Network of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institutes, finally arrive on your plate with this collection of extraordinary recipes. Le Cordon Bleu reveals some of its most delicious and remarkable secrets in the Home Collection series. Here you will find small and larger dishes, some as simple to prepare as they are delicious to eat and you will not be able to resist the desire and the pleasure of equalling Le Cordon Bleu Master Chefs by trying out these recipes.

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Original Publisher
Murdoch Books
Date of publication
1999
ISBN
1853917842

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