Simple French Food - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140468269 ISBN 13: 9780140468267

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

With recipes for pates and hearty soups, vegetable gratins, fish, meat and poultry, salads and desserts, "Simple French Food" became a cookery cult, and is now a classic. In this guide, the author gives gourmet variations on many foods, as well as new recipes.

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Review

Full of simple, seasonal French food, this little book was written with true passion, wit and precision. --The Weekend Australian Magazine

About the Author

MARK BITTMAN is the author of more than 20 books, including the best-selling, award-winning "How to Cook Everything" series, several of which are also successful apps. As a beloved "New York Times "columnist and writer, he produced The Minimalist column, hundreds of food and travel stories and videos, and was the country's leading weekly Opinion writer on food. He now devotes his time to cookbooks, teaching, and developing strategies to guarantee that food is fair, affordable, nutritious, green, and delicious. He can be found at markbittman.com, @bittman on Twitter, and @markbittman on Instagram.

James Beard had a national reputation as an authority on every phase of food. Consultant to a wine and spirits establishment, he wrote seventy-six other books and numerous articles for national magazines on widely varied phases of cooking. Mr. Beard, who knew the cooking of every corner of our country, cooked in nearly every language. He lived abroad, traveled throughout Europe a number of times, saw most of the Western Hemisphere, and visited Hawaii and North Africa. His familiarity with exotic foreign foods spiced his extensive knowledge of American cooking at its best.

Mr. Beard was adviser to several large food companies, was food editor of Argosy magazine, and made many appearances on radio and television. His first three books are "Hors d'Oeuvres and Canapes, Cook It Outdoors, " and "Fowl and Game Cookery." Equally at home in the kitchen of his own New York apartment and that of a hotel, James Beard brought the same sure touch to a half-hour supper as he did to the most elaborate buffet. He died in 1985.

Patricia Wells is a journalist, author, and teacher who runs the popular cooking school At Home with Patricia Wells in Paris and Provence. She has won four James Beard Awards and the French government has honored her as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, recognizing her contribution to French culture. A former New York Times reporter, she is the only foreigner and the only woman to serve as restaurant critic for a major French publication, L'Express. She served as the global restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune for more than twenty-five years. She lives in Paris and Provence with her husband, Walter Wells.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140468269
• ISBN 13: 9780140468267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352