Follows the chef - Ducasse - from his state-of-the-art kitchens at the Louis XV in Monte Carlo to his eponymous restaurant in Paris and his countryside auberge in Moustiers. Through photographed recipes, this book shows the influences - Mediterranean, Provencal and the classic French of the capital - that permeate his cuisine.

World renowned French chief Alain Ducasse believes that food arouses.

Covers the art of making desserts, pastries, candy and breads. This work contains 250 mouth-watering recipes that range from traditional treats such as peach melba, candied apples, and oeufs a la neige to audacious concoctions such as tropical fruit-stuffed ravioli and coconut-encrusted lollipops.

Takes us on a culinary journey for both eye and palate. This title provides 700 recipes from French and Mediterranean cuisine that incorporate 100 basic ingredients and use 10 major cooking styles. It includes an appendix that offers an encyclopaedia of ingredients in addition to basic recipes (sauces, stocks and so on).

Presents 120 recipes from Grand Livre de Cuisine . This book includes a wide range of starters such as pumpkin veloute soup and scallop salad; entrees such as salmon with morels, scampi carpaccio, spicy lamb loin and duck a l'orange; and, side dishes such as pesto pasta and risotto with courgette and parmesan and desserts.

Part of the Grand Livre de Cuisine series, this book covers the art of making desserts and sweets. Featuring more than 650 photographs, it contains a range of recipes for pastries, viennoiseries, breads and rolls, candies, chocolate creations, ice creams and sorbets, fruits and flavourings.

'It is time to get back to basics and rediscover the pleasure of simple food' - Alain Ducasse