Description
Book SynopsisThis is it! The everyday French cookbook you’ll truly cook from, night after night.
Grounded in the wisdom of classical French cooking, yet updated for today, Everyday French Cooking emphasizes easy technique, simple food, and speedy preparation of French cuisine without sacrificing taste. Too often, French cooking evokes images of fine dining at ornate restaurants where a small army of chefs hover over sauces for hours, employing precision technique, special utensils, and obscure ingredients to craft elegant dishes. But this image of French cooking bears little resemblance to the way real French families eat. The French, like their American counterparts, want
healthy and delicious food made quickly from easy-to-find ingredients using typical, everyday utensils.
From modern takes on classic French dishes—like fish meunière and boeuf bourguignon—
to recipes for the kind of cooking found in typical
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Appetizers and
Cocktails
Les Salades
Les Bonnes Soupes
Sauté, Deglaze,
and Serve
Braise, Stew,
or Roast
Casseroles and Pasta
French
Side Dishes
Sandwiches, Pizzas,
and Savory Tarts
Eggs and Cheese
Les Desserts
Basics
Measurement Equivalents
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
