Shannon Bennett, chef and owner of internationally renowned restaurant Vue de monde, takes you on a personal tour of his beloved city: Paris. This unique guidebook includes reviews of Shannon's favourite three-star restaurants, bistros, bars and hotels, and his pick of the best places to buy macaroons, bread, wine, chocolate, truffles and caviar. He also provides recipes for classic French dishes such as Tarte Tatin and Duck-leg Confit. Lavishly illustrated, this is the book you'll want for plan...
Histoire de La Cuisine Bourgeoise (Histoire, #6063499)
by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat
Cooking of Provincial France (Foods of the World) (Foods of the World S.)
by M.F.K. Fisher
French Cheeses (Revised Edition) (DK Handbooks (Hardcover), #98)
by Kazuko Masui and Tomoko Yamada
Does Roquefort go with red wine? Are you supposed to eat the ash in Morbier? With details on appearance, flavour and aroma, this is the complete guide to selecting and serving more than 350 types of French cheeses. Reference maps pinpoint the origins of the cheeses and handy symbols reveal facts such as fat content. Includes top tips on buying, storing and serving cheese plus wine recommendations. A must-have for any gourmet's bookshelf.
The Physiology of Taste (Vintage Classics)
by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
A book without precedent, skirting the line between recipe-book, memoir, history and philosophy, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste is edited with an introduction by Anne Drayton in Penguin Classics. Brillat-Savarin's unique, exuberant collection of dishes, experiences, reflections, history and philosophy raised gastronomy to an art form. First published in France in 1825, this remarkable book reflected a new era in French cuisine: the advent of the restaurant, which gave t...
Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour, wrote Talleyrand. That Napoleon's most gifted advisor should speak so well of eating says much about the importance of food in French culture. From the crumbs of a madeleine dipped intisane that inspired Marcel Proust to the vast produce market where Emile Zola set one of his finest novels, the French have celebrated the relationship between art and food. By decorating a roasted bird with its plumage before serving it...
Elegant French Pastry and Dessert Cookbook (Dessert Cookbooks)
by Juliette Boucher
The new wave of cuisine represented by the bistronomy movement is led by young chefs who create phenomenally clever food without the pomp and circumstance of high-end restaurants. This is haute cuisine for the people -- served in convivial surrounds, where food and community, rather than the thread count of the tablecloth, are what matters. Through recipes and accompanying narrative, this energy-filled book cpatures the vital elements of bistronomy: the democratic spirit of generous, affordable...
Cezanne & the Provencal Table
by Jacqueline Sauliner and Jean-Bernard Naudin