Product Description

'A remarkable book ...food is treated with reverence, with understanding and, above all, with care' - "Sunday Times". Full of authentic recipes, this richly evocative book describes some of the splendid regional cookery of France. The food of each area has its own particular flavour, derived naturally from local resources. "French Country Cooking" shows the immense diversity of the cuisine through recipes that range from the primitive peasant soup of the Basque country to the refined Burgundian dish of hare with a cream sauce and chestnut puree. There is also invaluable advice on suitable cooking utensils and the use of wine in the kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #915344 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
"'A remarkable book.... food is treated with reverence, with understanding and, above all, with care' - Sunday Times"

About the Author
Elizabeth David was the best food writer of her time, and even today is considered to be without peer. FRENCH COUNTRY COOKING was first published in 1959 and its appearance transformed the British way of thinking about food. Elizabeth David died in 1992.

Customer Reviews

Has its place in culinary history
This book was first published in 1951 teaching English people how to cook French. A whole lot has happened since then but this book remains a clasic for what it tried to achieve about a decade before Julia Child. The recipes are easy to follow. There are no pictures but it is a very usable book. It is a classic on French cooking in the English language.