Comments on: I Know How To Cook

By: delphine Doreau

delphine Doreau — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:28:37 +0000

I would actually compare Ginette Mathiot to Julia Child . She didn’t have her own TV show, but French people didn’t like food on TV until the nineties. This said, you will find a Ginette Mathiot in almost every French kitchen-you can recognize a good cook bu how old and tattered it is. I cheated and took my mom’s. I’m so happy it was translated, I will make the gift of it to all my foodie friends. French people never heard of Julia, but ask about Ginette, every boy knows her!

By: Pitusa

Pitusa — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:40:46 +0000

I so do the same, I go home and order through Amazon….love your site, made a link on mine as one of my favorite blogs…all the best.

By: marie

marie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:35 +0000

It’s wonderfull!, I have the hold french édition of Ginette Mathiot in french, “Je sais cuisiner” and it’s very ugly!!! I wish i have this one buy Blexbolex but i dont find it in french and my english is too bad for cook books!
Thank you and sorry for your cover…

By: tifanie

tifanie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:37:35 +0000

wow. this looks amazing. thanks for the review! running out to get. it. now… :::

By: mary beth Wauben

mary beth Wauben — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:20:11 +0000

Yeah, that sticker had to come off of my copy as well. but i didn’t have the trouble you had and it came off easily enough, so sorry! geez, just shy of ripping a hole into a picasso, eh?

By: kelly

kelly — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:58:48 +0000

ahh! i had that problem too and it made me so angry! i wrote to phaidon with no avail and even went to the store and complained. The only thing they could do was offer to secretly give me a new cover if I bought a different book in the store.

the illustrations are so lovely though!

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:22:24 +0000

yummy book — yucky sticker! i’m new to your blog and am enjoying it so much. thanks for sharing such wonderful books.

By: C

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:49:18 +0000

I hate hate hate ugly half-ripped stickers that ruin book covers– happens a lot with magazines for me too. I’ve found the best way to peel tough stickers easily off books is to turn a hair dryer on low (basically as low as possible, but warm) and hover it over the sticker back and forth for a while. The adhesive softens a bit and is less damaging when pulled off.

On the topic of the book itself– I’m usually more of a fan of cookbooks with photos, but the illustrations are so well done here that I don’t mind at all!

By: s

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:30:24 +0000

didn’t know this one. thanks! this one also has a gorgeous cover wrap: http://prateleira-de-baixo.blogspot.com/2009/04/imaginario.html

By: Will @ A Journey Round My Skull

Will @ A Journey Round My Skull — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:11:26 +0000

Thanks for highlighting this book. I love Blexbolex too, but probably would have missed this one.

As someone who has spent hours (days!) painstakingly peeling stickers off books and vinyl lp jackets, I heartily recommend investing in “Sticker Lifter” from Goo Gone. The best $3 you will ever spend, even though it doesn’t work on *everything.* (Some stickers will never come off…ever.)