French Provincial Cooking (Penguin twentieth-century classics) - Softcover

David, Elizabeth; Child, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141181532 ISBN 13: 9780141181530

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

First published in 1962, Elizabeth David's culinary odyssey through provincial France forever changed the way we think about food. With elegant simplicity, David explores the authentic flavors and textures of time-honored cuisines from such provinces as Alsace, Provence, Brittany, and the Savoie. Full of cooking ideas and recipes, French Provincial Cooking is a scholarly yet straightforward celebration of the traditions of French regional cooking. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Review:

It is difficult to think of any home that can do without Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cooking. --The Observer

Voted one of the top 45 cookbooks of all time by New York's Village Voice --Village Voice

If I had to go on a desert island I'd take this with me. Elizabeth is brilliant at telling stories about the food she cooks. The text is threaded with memories of the places and people she loved. Being such an emotional writer, you can almost taste the food as you're reading.
--Oz Clarke, The Daily Express

French Provincial Cooking is one of the foundations of the way we cook today - over the past 50 years, it has influenced untold numbers of cooks, restaurant chefs and food writers. --Charles Campion, Country Life

Review:

If I had to go on a desert island I'd take this with me. Elizabeth is brilliant at telling stories about the food she cooks. The text is threaded with memories of the places and people she loved. Being such an emotional writer, you can almost taste the food as you're reading.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0141181532
• ISBN 13: 9780141181530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544