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Paris Sweets
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 30.00The prize-winning author of Baking with Julia (more than 350,000 copies sold), among other cookbook classics, celebrates the sweet life with recipes and lore from Paris's finest patisseries. Like most lovers of pastry and Paris, Dorie Greenspan has always marveled at the jewel-like creations displayed in bakery windows throughout the City of Light.... more...
Under the Table
Atria Books 2009; US$ 15.00A deliciously entertaining memoir about one woman's adventures in the student kitchens of the legendary French Culinary Institute -- flavored with celebrity chefs, eccentric characters, and mouthwatering recipes To anyone who has ever dreamed of life in a French kitchen, imagining days filled with puff pastry and sips of vintage wine, Katherine... more...
Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 39.95What is Jewish cooking in France? In a journey that was a labor of love, Joan Nathan traveled the country to discover the answer and, along the way, unearthed a treasure trove of recipes and the often moving stories behind them. Nathan takes us into kitchens in Paris, Alsace, and the Loire Valley; she visits the bustling Belleville market in Little... more...
The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook
Atria Books 2010; US$ 16.00With French Women Don?t Get Fat , Mireille Guiliano wrote the ultimate non-diet book on how to enjoy food and stay slim and became a publishing phenomenon. In her first ever cookbook, she provides her millions of readers with the recipes that are the cornerstone of her philosophy?mouthwatering, simply prepared dishes that favor fresh, seasonal ingredients... more...
Christmas Cookies, Candies and Cakes
Filipacchi Publishing 2010; US$ 6.99With such busy holiday seasons, it's crucial to find ways to bring the whole family together. This comprehensive collection of Woman's Day favorite Christmas recipes contains every type of sweet each family member will love, making it your one-stop source for your holiday baking needs. Chapters include: Cutout and Shaped cookies, Drop cookies,... more...
French Provincial Cooking
Penguin Group US 1999; US$ 18.00First published in 1962, Elizabeth David's culinary odyssey through provincial France forever changed the way we think about food. With elegant simplicity, David explores the authentic flavors and textures of time-honored cuisines from such provinces as Alsace, Provence, Brittany, and the Savoie. Full of cooking ideas and recipes, French Provincial... more...
Plats du Jour
Transworld 2011; US$ 13.34There is more than a slight malaise in the air these days about French food and cooking. While the rest of the world delights in the intricacies of molecular gastronomy and even Britain is revelling in a culinary renaissance, in France the years of worship at the temple of the great god Michelin seem to have blinded them to change and evolution. Why... more...
Savoring the Past
Touchstone 2011; Not AvailableWheaton effortlessly brings to life the history of the French kitchen and table. In this masterful and charming book, food historian Barbara Ketcham Wheaton takes the reader on a cultural and gastronomical tour of France, from its medieval age to the pre-Revolutionary era using a delightful combination of personal correspondence, historical anecdotes,... more...
Cooking for Claudine
Short Books 2011; US$ 13.11Cooking for Claudine is the charming and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread ? and didn?t speak a word of French ? unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family... For John Baxter ? acclaimed film critic and food lover ? that moment came when he fell in love with a... more...
Savoring the Past
Touchstone 2011; Not AvailableWheaton effortlessly brings to life the history of the French kitchen and table. In this masterful and charming book, food historian Barbara Ketcham Wheaton takes the reader on a cultural and gastronomical tour of France, from its medieval age to the pre-Revolutionary era using a delightful combination of personal correspondence, historical anecdotes,... more...









