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French Mother Sauces – A Brief History and Introduction

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Loved that picture of Raymond Blanc holding the baguette and the French flag. Here’s where I found it:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2092066/Raymond-Blanc-A-terrifying-French-chef-battered-frying-pan.html

Sources and interesting stuff:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Antoine_Car%C3%AAme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Escoffier
https://stellaculinary.com/content/five-french-mother-sauces-mother-all-resources
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodsauces.html#mother
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9chamel_sauce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollandaise_sauce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allemande_sauce
http://courses.escoffieronline.com/sauce-tomat-101/
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/espagnole-sauce-231202

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