A Small Cheese in Provence: Cooking with Goat Cheese - Softcover

Gill, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2955010111 ISBN 13: 9782955010112

Publisher: The 13th Sign, 2015

Synopsis

‘Laugh out loud... such a picture of the fields of lavender, sunflowers and olive trees that you could almost be there with her.’  Stephanie Sheldrake, Living France Magazine

From the author of the bestselling memoir ‘How Blue is My Valley’ comes another irresistible invitation to join her in Provence, this time to discover everything you want to know about cheese and its place in French life. How to choose it, serve it and cook with it. Recipes range from traditional tapenade to original British/Provençal fusion such as Big Franglais Breakfast and Pizza Gallois, all illustrated with step-by-step instructions.

Beautiful colour photos throughout take the reader into Provençal landscapes, street markets and conversations, food history and verse. The celebration of cheese in French and English includes the godlike goatherds and a charming poem in homage to the ravioli of the Dauphiné region, translated from the local Occitan.

You could say it’s good, ravioli well made

topped with some gruyère extra thick-laid.

A flavour of France, even for those who don’t cook; food for the brain as well as the table.  Why was goat cheese sent on an Apollo space mission? What should you wear if elected to the Guild of Olive Brothers? What is the connection between France’s biggest cross-country car rally and the Picodon cheese? Entertain yourself and your dinner companions with fun facts as well as recipes that are tried and tested. 

Award-winning writer and photographer Jean Gill has lived in Provence since 2003. Her articles and photos of French food and lifestyle have appeared in France Magazine and Living France Magazine.

www.jeangill.com

About this title

About the Author

Jean Gill is a Welsh writer and photographer living in the south of France with a big white dog, a scruffy black dog, a Nikon D750 and a man. For many years, she taught English in Wales and was the first woman to be a secondary headteacher in Carmarthenshire. She is mother or stepmother to five children so life was hectic. Publications are varied, including prize-winning poetry and novels, military history, translated books on dog training, and a cookery book on goat cheese. With Scottish parents, an English birthplace and French residence, she can usually support the winning team on most sporting occasions. www.jeangill.com

Edition details

• Publisher: The 13th Sign
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2955010111
• ISBN 13: 9782955010112
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108