French Country Cooking
by Elizabeth David
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French Country Cooking- first published in 1951 - is filled with Elizabeth David's authentic recipes drawn from across the regions of France. 'Her books are stunningly well written ... full of history and anecdote' Observer Showing how each area has a particular and unique flavour for its foods, derived as they are from local ingredients, Elizabeth David explores the astonishing diversity of French cuisine. Her recipes range from the primitive pheasant soup of the Basque country to the show more refined Burgundian dish of hare with cream sauce and chestnut puree. French Country Cookingis Elizabeth David's rich and enticing cookbook that will delight and inspire cooks everywhere. Elizabeth David (1913-1992) is the woman who changed the face of British cooking. Having travelled widely during the Second World War, she introduced post-war Britain to the sun-drenched delights of the Mediterranean and her recipes brought new flavours and aromas into kitchens across Britain. After her classic first book Mediterranean Foodfollowed more bestsellers, including French Country Cooking, Summer Cooking, French Provincial Cooking, Italian Food, Elizabeth David's Christmas and At Elizabeth David's Table. show lessTags
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It's not just because she's Elizabeth David. This really is a wonderful book. Evocative, dramatic in an understated way.
From 1951, a little book that started a revolution in food in theory, but the result, at least in England, really wasn't noticed.
Elizabeth David's (1913 - 1992) second book, published in 1951, hot on the heels of Mediterranean Food. The talk of France takes one straight to the market, with 1950s housewives choosing their meat or whatever and some of the period notes are a joy, such as discussion of a new French butcher's just opened in Harrods. Interestingly, whereas most chapters are headed Soup, Fish, Meat, Game or the like, there is a whole section on Stuffed Cabbage Dishes.
another one to drool over.
1st penguin ed. 75.
700. ED second title.
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- Original publication date
- 1951
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- Genres
- Food & Cooking, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 641.5944 — Technology Home economics & family management Food and drink Cooking; cookbooks Cooking characteristic of specific geographic environments, ethnic cooking Europe France
- LCC
- TX719 — Technology Home economics Home economics Cooking
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- Languages
- Danish, English, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 16
