The Country Cooking of France
by Anne Willan
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Renowned for her cooking school in France and her many best-selling cookbooks, Anne Willan combines years of hands-on experience with extensive research to create a brand new classic. More than 250 recipes range from the time-honored La Truffade, with its crispy potatoes and melted cheese, to the Languedoc specialty Cassoulet de Toulouse, a bean casserole of duck confit, sausage, and lamb. And the desserts! Crêpes au Caramel et Beurre Sal (crêpes with a luscious caramel filling) and show more Galette Landaise (a rustic apple tart) are magnifique. Sprinkled with intriguing historical tidbits and filled with more than 270 enchanting photos of food markets, villages, harbors, fields, and country kitchens, this cookbook is an irresistible celebration of French culinary culture. show lessTags
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Anne Willan founded La Varenne Cooking School in Paris in 1975 and has written more than thirty books, including the double James Beard Award-winning The Country Cooking of France, the Gourmand Award-winning The Cookbook Library, and the groundbreaking La Varenne Pratique, as well as the Look Cook series, showcased on PBS, In 2013, she was show more inducted into the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame. Willan serves as an emeritus advisor for the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts. She divides her time between London and the south of France. show less
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- Original publication date
- 2012-03-23
- Important places
- France
- Original language
- English
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