Cooking A La Ritz
DIAT, Louis
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Add to basketDIAT, Louis Louis Felix Diat (May 5, 1885 ? August 29, 1957) was a French-American chef and culinary writer. It is also believed that he created vichyssoise soup during his time at the Ritz-Carlton. Chef, Ritz-Carlton Hotel New York City [255] pp. The Restaurant Trade Journal Ltd. 1946 Second Printing 8 3/4" x 6" Virtually everyone enjoys the peasant-style cooking of France- the pot au feu, petite marmite and so on a fact that is proved by the popularity of restaurants specializing in that simple, yet imaginative, sort of food. Yet few of us try to imitate such cookery in our own kitchens. If we did, we would not only gain gastronomically but be surprised at the difference in our grocery bills. For aside from being delicious, the meals of the French provinces are thrifty, too. Though he has been chef of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for more than thirty-five years, Louis Diat knows the cooking of the French country- side as well as he does the more elaborate-and much more expensive-haute cuisine of the big cities, for which his establishment is noted. He grew up in the district of Bourbon, and remembering his mother's delicious, unpretentious dishes, he wrote his "Home Cook Book," subtitled "French Cooking for Americans," which is published today (J. B. Lippincott, $2,50). The author of "Cooking a la Ritz, a previous volume that deals, as the title suggests, with the haute cuisine, reminded us yesterday that staying within a budget means know-how with leftovers, which all French cooks have. When we asked the whys of their knowledge-what they have that we lack -he shook his head. Main Need Is Interest "No, Americans have every-thing,' he said. They could do it as well as the French, but one has to be interested. In France girls of 11 already are able to prepare meals from watching and helping their mothers. It's early training that does it, especially when it comes to making a left-over vegetable taste like a first- appearance dish. And how do you do that? Mr. Diat explained it like this: "Suppose you have a few vegetables you want to use up. Take a large onion, or a turnip, if you prefer, parboil it and remove the center. Chop the center and mix it with chopped leftover vegetables- carrots, celery ends, a little potato perhaps, to thicken it-stuff the onion or turnip with the mixture, season and sprinkle with fine breadcrumbs. Cook with a little gravy: in a hot oven till brown. What have you got? Ragout of vegetables, a meal in itself." When it comes to meat it's a simple matter-and an economical one-to plan two or three meals from the same roast without making them dull, Mr. Diat said. "In France all the bones are cooked so much that there's nothing left on them when they're thrown away. Meat has never been too plentiful in the country, nor have the best cuts always been available. So the French prepare braised dishes that take long, gentle cooking to make the meat tender. It must simmer so quietly that it hardly bubbles. "Suppose you plan a pot roast one night. The next day the meat can be sautéed with a piquant sauce. Or dip the sliced pieces into mustard, bread them and broil. If there's just a cup of chopped meat left it will stuff that onion or turnip or a head of lettuce. Then there's always the possibility of soup, made with a stock from the leftover meat, plus vegetables and anything flavorful that finds no other use to be cooked unhurriedly in the earthenware marmite. French soups are often complete meals." Mr. Diat had a word to say about gravies. Thickening them with flour a scarce commodity at the moment-is nothing short of an abomination at any time, he declared, pointing out that a little water in the bottom of the pan, or wine if you have it, combined with the drippings from the roast, gives a gravy that really tastes of the chicken, veal or whatever, while flour ruins the flavor.
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