The French mother sauces, also known as "Les Grandes Sauces" in French cuisine, are a foundational set of sauces that serve as the basis for a wide variety of other sauces. Bechamel, Hollandaise, Tomato sauce, Espagnole(brown sauce), and Veloute. These sauces and the techniques for making these sauces are the foundations to hundreds more. This book attempts to give you a foundational understanding of these main sauces as well as a handful of each of the sister sauces. The recipes are broken down into bit by bit instructions to guide you on your journey into a world of global food cultures.