Bistro Cooking - Softcover

Patricia Wells; Judy Kleiber Jones

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089480622X ISBN 13: 9780894806223

Publisher: Workman Pub Co, 1844

Synopsis

Author of "The Food Lover's Guide to Paris" and "The Food Lover's Guide to France", Patricia Wells relishes the kind of uncomplicated good food that cooks everywhere are rediscovering with pleasure. Here are 200 recipes to celebrate both the classics of the French table and the newer earthy food so prevalant today. Included are favourite recipes from bistros all over France, and from French housewives, farmers, wine-makers, bread-bakers and many others.

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Review:

In this warm look into the world of French bistro food, eminent food writer Patricia Wells reveals her love for this simple, robust cuisine in a collection of recipes garnered from France's best bistros. From "Warm Potato Salad with Herbed Vinaigrette" to "Lamb Stew in White Wine" to "Pear Clafoutis", Wells admits her preference for hearty, homey bistro dishes. Through clearly written recipes, Wells encourages cooks to buy the best ingredients and turn them into fragrant, warming dishes. Each recipe has a headnote telling where it came from and alluding to its flavour. Pithy quotes throughout the book relate to bistro style--in cooking, serving and eating--and historical quotations give a cultural connotation. Wine choices reach deep into the heart of France, from a crisp white from Provence such as a Chateau Simone with lamb, to a good Cotes du Rhone (Cru du Coudelet) with guinea hen. From the introduction to the last dessert recipe (for "Prunes in Red Wine"), Ms. Wells and Bistro Cooking is sure to please not just the novice in the kitchen, but the experienced cook as well. The recipes have been carefully selected to appeal to the reader and cook who want to set wonderful food on the table with a minimum of fuss. --Susan Loomis

Review:

'Patricia Well's 'Bistro Cooking' has not left my kitchen since it came out' --Nigel Slater, The Observer

'Patricia Wells' wonderful naturalness, openness, and honesty are in perfect harmony with the simple, delicious fare that she celebrates in 'Bistro Cooking'...her enthusiasm and joy are reflected on every page of this fine book, and happily we are all beneficiaries.' --Jacques Pépin

'Patricia Wells' wonderful naturalness, openness, and honesty are in perfect harmony with the simple, delicious fare that she celebrates in 'Bistro Cooking'...her enthusiasm and joy are reflected on every page of this fine book, and happily we are all beneficiaries.' --Jacques Pépin

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Pub Co
• Publication date: 1844
• ISBN 10: 089480622X
• ISBN 13: 9780894806223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291