The Heritage of French Cooking
"The Heritage of French Cooking" is a glorious celebration of French culinary history, containing 150 of France´s most delicious and intriguing recipes. Culled from every region, these classical recipes have been besutifully adapted for the modern cook and kitchen. The authors have drawn on centuries-old french cookbooks, historic menus, and oral traditions to come up with such delectables as Ballotine of Duckling with Chestnuts, which epitomizes the sophistication of eighteenth-century cuisine; airy puffs made of roquefort, a cheese possibly dating to the Roman-Gallo era; delicate Scallops and langoustines in Sea Salt; and a mouth-watering Chocolate Marquise with Pistachio Sauce. Each recipe has been selected not only for its charm and authenticity, but for its elegant simplicity and ease of preparation. Here is a feast of French cuisine that is a enlightening as it is useful. The Heritage of French Cooking is a fabulous tour of the French past through its changing cuisine, from Gallo-Roman times through the Dark Ages and the Renaissance to the birth of French grande cuisine. From the "bourgeois" cookbooks of the eighteenth century, the burgeoning of restaurants around the time of the French Revolution, to the contemporary trends of bistro fare and La Nouvelle Cuisine. Lavishly illustrated throughout with masterpieces of ancient and modern French art - paintings, ceramics and mosaics - as well as full colour photographs to illustrate every modern recipe, the book is a visual joy.
Dek. laminatbd. med skyddsomslag. Limited Editions, 1993, 256 sid. Engelsk text. Mycket gott skick
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0091781760
- Titel
- The heritage of French cooking
- Författare
- Hubert-Baré, Annie - Scotto, Elisabeth - Comolli, Marianne - Carles, Michèle
- Förlag
- London : Ebury
- Utgivningsår
- 1991
- Språk
- English
