French Provincial Cooking Contributor(s): David, Elizabeth (Author), Child, Julia (Foreword by), Renny, Juliet (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0141181532 ISBN-13: 9780141181530 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: First 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 Cooking is a scholarly yet straightforward celebration of the traditions of French regional cooking. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - French - Cooking | Essays & Narratives - Cooking | History |
Dewey: 641.594 |
LCCN: 99195317 |
Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.04" W x 7.8" (0.81 lbs) 544 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
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Publisher Description: First 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 Cooking is a scholarly yet straightforward celebration of the traditions of French regional cooking. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |