We may hate to admit it (and never would to the French), but the truth is that there is still nowhere in the world where food and cooking are so passionately and intricately woven into lives, hearts and minds than in France, a country where masterpieces of home cooking are produced nightly, whether for a family supper or chic dinner party.So how does that archetypal Frenchwoman do it? With chapter titles such as 'Shops Wisely', 'Knows Her Classics', 'Steals From Chefs' and 'Rises to the Occasion', this book will tell you ...
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We may hate to admit it (and never would to the French), but the truth is that there is still nowhere in the world where food and cooking are so passionately and intricately woven into lives, hearts and minds than in France, a country where masterpieces of home cooking are produced nightly, whether for a family supper or chic dinner party.So how does that archetypal Frenchwoman do it? With chapter titles such as 'Shops Wisely', 'Knows Her Classics', 'Steals From Chefs' and 'Rises to the Occasion', this book will tell you how. An affectionate yet unsentimental, irreverent but non-patronizing guide from one of France's top cookbook authors, Nobody Does It Better is set to steal a place on your kitchen shelf.
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Morel, Marie-Pierre; Thomas, Sylvain; Rooney, Deirdre. New in New jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Great Britain: Kyle, 2007. First American Edition. 4to. Pictorial cover, 222 pp. including index. "Named one of the Best Cookbooks of the Year 2007 by the Los Angeles Times, this cookbook by Irish expatriate Trish Deseine reveals how masterpieces of home cooking are produced nightly all over France. Having lived there for the past 20 years and won numerous cookbook awards, including the prestigious Priz la Mazille at Perigueux (she is the first non-French author to win it), Deseine offers unfussy, solid advice for emulating French cooks under such headings as Shops Wisely, Steals from Chefs, and Knows Her Classics including Steak Tartare, Salade Niçoise, Onion Soup, Croque Monsieur, Pot au Feu, Duck à l'Orange, Crêpes Suzette, and Crème Brûlée. 'She has reconciled women with cooking, taken the guilt out of being a chocolate addict, and shaken up the publishing world. This Irish tornado plunged through love into French cooking and has given her fans books full of ideas and easy recipes. ' French Elle." New book in new dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover.
