Can I share a story about this one? Shortly after it was published, I checked out the Zuni Cafe cookbook and the Cafe Boulud Cookbook from the library. I would've been 12 or 13, starting to take over most of the cooking for my family after my mom went back to work. I didn't try any of the recipes at the time because my family just didn't cook that way - lots of casseroles and canned veggies for us - and I knew I lacked the skill, but I spent a lot of time flipping through them and fantasizing about learning to make stock or the French mother sauces. To me it all sounded as enchanting as a potions class at Hogwarts. Those books sparked an ~~obsession~~ interest in learning how to make everything from scratch that I never shook, even if I couldn't pursue it then. Anyways, the Zuni Cafe cookbook is one of the first I bought for myself as a young adult, and it's even better than 12yo me could've imagined.