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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CrustyCurmudgeon" data-source="post: 2681022" data-attributes="member: 533005">I've never gone back to Rome for inspiration, but you've inspired me to check it out.My historic reference is Georges Auguste Escoffier. His Guide Culinaire is written like and engineer, giving recipes for components that modularly combine to be a great dish. The cover on my copy (titled The Escoffier Cook Book and gide to the fine art of cookery) has 2,973 recipes, and purports to be a faithful translation of the 1846 edition. Check for it in used book stores.</blockquote>