Impregnation (French Edition) By Anne-Sophie Pic

Impregnation, ofAnne-Sophie Pic, is much more than just a cookbook: it is a Culinary masterpiece.
Through its 432 beautifully illustrated pages, the three-Michelin-starred chef takes us on a journey to the heart of his gastronomic thinking and of his creative imagination.

🌿 An immersion into the philosophy of Anne-Sophie Pic

"Impregnation is a matter of contemporary alchemy, made possible by the culinary arts."
This sentence, placed as an epigraph at the beginning of the book, summarizes all its depth. Anne-Sophie Pic tells us here about Transmission, ofInspiration and of creation.
Each dish is born from a memory, an emotion, or a sensory encounter. Like a perfume, it is composed with precision, balance, and intuition.

The reader discovers how the chef approaches the construction of a dish, how she marries the iodized, vegetal, floral, or smoky flavors, how she plays on the textures and the light to create compositions of a rare poetry.

✨ Between art book and cookbook

Designed over two years of work, Impregnation is located at the crossroads of beautiful illustrated book and of the Culinary inspiration manual.
Each double page reflects the chef's clean, graphic, and luminous universe. The sublime photographs and the bold design translate with accuracy the sensitivity and rigor of Anne-Sophie Pic.

The texts, both intimate and technical, allow for understand the artistic approach behind each creation. We discover his research on the Taste balances, his/her/its/their unprecedented associations and its deep connection with the Nature and the Arts.

🍽️ An exceptional chef

Born in Valence in 1969, Anne-Sophie Pic belongs to a legendary line of cooks.
Granddaughter ofAndré Pic and daughter of Jacques Pic, She takes up the family torch after studying business, following the death of her father. Self-taught, she crafts her own style, with finesse and emotion, ultimately becoming one of the few women with three stars in the Michelin Guide.

Sacred Chef of the Year 2007, she now leads the Maison Pic in Valence and creates a cuisine of a Visionary elegance, where plants, memory, and light hold an essential place.

🎨 A collector's item

Published by Hachette Pratique, This large-format book (32 x 24 cm) impresses with its quality of publication: thick paper, luxurious printing, contemporary layout.
Each detail — from the choice of fonts to the power of colors — contributes to a complete sensory experience, faithful to the chef's universe.

More than a book, Impregnation is a invitation to feel, to immerse oneself in the beauty of things and to understand cooking as a total art, linking taste, memory, and emotions.

💫 A sensory and poetic journey

The book reads like a personal diary, an exploration of the creative process of Anne-Sophie Pic.
The reader discovers a deeply Sensory, where the flavor mingles with the Color, to the movement and at the light.
A tribute to the Curiosity, to the Transmission, and this unique ability to be immersed in the world.

🟣 Book features

• Title : Impregnation

• Author Anne-Sophie Pic

• Editor : Hachette Pratique

• Collection : Kitchen

• Publication date November 28, 2023

• Format : Connected

• Number of pages : 432

• Dimensions : 32 x 24 cm

• Weight : 2965 g

• Language : French

• EAN13 : 9782019460402

• ISBN : 978-2-01-946040-2