{"product_id":"alexis-gauthier-vegetronic-9781848093874","title":"Alexis Gauthier: Vegetronic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere was a time where holding a recipe book meant following a magical recipe which let us into the secrets of how to transform ingredients into a delicious meal. When a perfect recipe would give us the best lemon custard ever. No questions asked. We would just follow the recipe.  When I started my cooking apprenticeship  I was told that I should know  by heart  every single classic dish that made up French gastronomy. I should know my Sauce Choron from my Hollandaise. I should know what a Bercy garnish adds to a filet of Sole. I should be reverent to everything Escoffier had said and done. So I learnt it  and without realizing I became just another recipe follower.  Then in 1993 I entered the kitchen of Alain Ducasse  and for the next two years I slowly rediscovered the fundamentals of cooking by trusting my instincts and intuition rather than following a written recipe. First I realised that cooking was all about the original ingredient  something Escoffier had forgotten to mention. Then I realised that the best ingredients are almost always the ones that are local that can be found naturally around you. But vitally I realised that the most important ingredient of all is trusting your instincts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924447453237,"sku":"ByrdShop_184809387X","price":97.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781848093874.jpg?v=1787670870","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/alexis-gauthier-vegetronic-9781848093874","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}