The Kitchen Book & the Cook Book - Softcover

Freeling, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879238623 ISBN 13: 9780879238629

Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, 2015

Synopsis

For cooks who love to read, here are two gastronomical memoirs in one volume that are funny, wise, full of inspiration and delight.

Nicolas Freeling began his working life as an apprentice cook in a large French hotel and his writing is drawn from those experiences. This is a delicious blend of the culinary and the literary, and include such recipes as cinnamon lamb stew and bouillabaisse, all charmingly floating about in a consistently entertaining text.

The Kitchen Book & The Cook Book will find a place close to any cook’s heart.

About this title

About the Author

Nicolas Freeling became famous for his crime novels, especially his Van der Valk series. His novels have both popular and critical appeal and received awards including an Edgar Award, a French Grand Prix, and a Gold Dagger Award. In later years, he wrote a series of cookbooks and, in keeping with his reputation as a master of suspense, Freeling’s cookbooks are as engaging as a whodunnit mystery.

From the Back Cover

Nicolas Freeling, best known for producing some of the finest of modern crime fiction, began his working life as an apprentice cook in a large French hotel. He continued cooking professionally for many years, and his enthusiasm for, and interest in, gastronomy in its broadest sense is at least equal to his passion for crime. Here, reprinted in a single volume, are his two splendid books of gastronomical memoir drawn from those experiences. Each is a delicious blend of the culinary and the literary, and include such recipes as cinnamon lamb stew and bouillabaisse, all charmingly floating about in a consistently entertaining text. The work is illustrated by the witty and winsome pen of John Lawrence, the perfect visual sauce for Freeling's savouries. Funny, wise, full of inspiration and delight, The Kitchen Book & The Cook Book will find a place close to every cook's hearth and heart.

Edition details

• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879238623
• ISBN 13: 9780879238629
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Lawrence John
• Number of pages: 360