Clementine in the Kitchen (Living Language Series) - Softcover

Chamberlain, Samuel; Chamberlain, Narcisse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375756647 ISBN 13: 9780375756641

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Tells the story of an expatriate American family forced to return to America, with their French cook, ClTmentine, on the eve of the World War II and shares her traditional French recipes for appetizers, soups, main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Samuel Chamberlain was the author of nearly fifty illustrated books on European, American, and gastronomic subjects. After living for more than a dozen years in France, he and his family settled permanently in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1939. He and his wife, Narcissa, were frequent contributors to Gourmet magazine.

From the Inside Flap

ain family spent a dozen blissful years in pre World War II France, with their beloved cook, Clementine, learning the gustatory pleasures of snail hunting in their backyard and bottling their own wine. When war rumblings sent them scurrying Stateside, Clementine refused to be left behind and made a new home for herself in Marblehead, Massachusetts, where she introduced the initially suspicious Yankees to the pleasures of la cuisine de bonne femme. First published in 1943, Clementine in the Kitchen is a charming portrait of a family of gastronomic adventurers, and a mouth-watering collection of more than 170 traditional French recipes. This Modern Library Food series edition includes a new Introduction by Jeffrey Steingarten, food critic for Vogue and author of The Man Who Ate Everything, winner of the Julia Child Book Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375756647
• ISBN 13: 9780375756641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256