French Country Cooking

by Elizabeth David

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First published sixty years ago while food rationing was still in force, Elizabeth David used this book to introduce to the nations bland palate, ingredients and recipes previously undiscovered in post-war Britain. Many people of that era had never experienced anything other than British cooking meat, two veg and a nice steamed pudding. She starts by setting the record straight: Those who care to look for it will find the justification of Frances culinary reputation in the provinces, at the riverside inns, in unknown cafés...in sea port bistros...and nowadays in cafés routiers, the lorry-drivers restaurants. In such places the...

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  • ISBN13 9781908117052
  • Publish Date 19 June 2011 (first published 25 June 1987)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 5 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Grub Street Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English