For top chef Ludo Lefebvre, cooking is a sensual process that involves all five senses at every stage of preparation. In Crave, he offers more than one hundred original, elegant, and unbelievably delicious recipes that teach us the joy--and skill--of cooking with the senses.

Lefebvre offers groundbreaking techniques for contrasting and balancing spices; he shows how to choose meat and produce and how to test food through touch; he teaches the difference between the sound of butter and oil that's ready for cooking and the sound of burning; he gives visual clues that can enhance presentation; and he introduces recipes that tantalize the sense of smell to heighten the experience of a dish. These inspiring recipes will encourage you to slow down and become fully absorbed as you learn to cook with all five senses.

• See: Oysters on the Half Shell with Red Beet Jelly and Shallot Cream
  
• Touch: Fried Stuffed Tomato Beignets
  
• Smell: Chicken Etouffee in Dried Verbena and Curry Leaves
  
• Hear: Roast Beef with Long Pepper and Spiced French Fries
  
• Taste: Lemon Sorbet with Saffron

With Lefebvre's highly sensual approach to every culinary endeavor, Crave invites us to make home cooking a rich and rewarding experience.