From classic fruit tarts and delicious eclairs to airy souffles to elaborate gateaux, French pastries are unlike anything else in the world. Following the success of the French culinary bible I Know How to Cook by Ginette Mathiot, The Art of French Baking features more than 350 classic recipes for making authentic French pastries and desserts.
Classic French preserving techniques updated for a modern audience. Preserve fruit, vegetables, meat and fish with a beautifully illustrated guide from France's favorite food author. Enjoy local, fresh, organic food throughout the year. With more than 350 classic French recipes, both home cooks and chefs will learn traditional techniques for sweet and savory preserving, as well as smoking, pickling, and making charcuterie. France's favorite food author Ginette Mathiot classic has been revised and updated for todays preserver by Clotilde Dusoulier, famed for her Chocolate and Zucchini website and books, Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris, Chocolate and Zucchini, Edible French, and The French Market Cookbook.
This comprehensive guide to traditional French home cooking features over 1,400 recipes, emphasizing classic techniques. Authored by Mathiot and updated by Clothilde Dusoulie, it demonstrates that authentic French cuisine can be simple and approachable, appealing to both novice and experienced cooks.
The bible of traditional and authentic French home cooking, with over 6 million copies sold since its first publication.
A stunning collection of the very best French recipes from the foremost authority on home-cooking in France Celebrated food writer Ginette Mathiot, author of Je sais cuisiner (the best-selling home-cooking book in France for over 90 years), taught three generations of French families how to cook. In this elegant cloth-covered new collection of tried-and-tested accessible recipes, complete with two ribbon markers, more than 170 of the finest French dishes have been selected from her works, such as the iconic Onion Soup Gratin, Dauphinois Potatoes, as well as regional dishes including Beef bourguignon from Bourgogne and Ratatouille from Provence, and iconic staples such as Vol-au-vent, Eggs in meurette sauce, Vichy carrots, Stuffed oysters, Crème brûlée, Pears in wine, and Tarte Tatin. With gorgeous, newly commissioned photography, an introduction by food writer Keda Black, and a fascinating foreword by the adopted Parisian pastry chef, cook, and writer, David Lebovitz, Classic French Recipes is the ultimate guide for all home cooks on how to prepare the most authentic and delicious French cuisine the French way.
"I Know How to Cook" is the first English translation of Ginette Mathiot's classic French cookbook, "Je sais cuisiner." First published in 1932, it features over 1,200 recipes, covering both simple and elaborate French dishes. This updated edition reveals the secrets of traditional French home cooking.
Dieses 1932 erstmals veröffentlichte Buch ist für Frankreich wie der »Silberlöffel« für Italien: ein für jeden Haushalt unverzichtbares traditionelles Kochbuch . Mit mehr als 1.400 Rezepten führt Ginette Mathiot Leser*innen durch all die klassischen Gerichte und Techniken der französischen Küche, die die Grundlage für so viele andere Küchen dieser Welt bilden. Die Rezepte sind kurz und bündig geschrieben, leserfreundlich und damals wie heute genau richtig für den realen Alltag, in dem die Zeit auch mal knapp ist. Selbst Anfänger am Herd meistern dank Mathiots präziser Anleitung französische Klassiker wie Sauce Hollandaise oder heikle Soufflées . Alle Rezepte wurden komplett aktualisiert durch Clotilde Dusoulier , Pariser Autorin des beliebten Blogs »Chocolate & Zucchini«. Die enzyklopädisch anmutende Sammlung beweist eindrücklich, dass authentisches französisches Essen weder kompliziert noch allzu schwer und reichhaltig sein muss. Mehr als 200 kunstvolle Illustrationen machen diese Phaidon Länderbibel zu etwas ganz besonderem.