Everyday French Cooking Modern French Cuisine Made Simple

by Moranville, Wini

• ISBN13: 9780760373576
• ISBN10: 0760373574
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-05-17
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Summary

This 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 French homes today, Everyday French Cooking goes beyond a typical cookbook to include engaging anecdotes, local color, and keen insights about French home kitchens, as well as tips, tricks, and shortcuts to make French cooking accessible to any home cook. Dozens of beautiful finished-food photographs will further inspire you to cook fresh, vivid everyday French food any night of the week.

Enjoy making, sharing, and savoring simple French recipes including:

• Melty Goat Cheese Salad with Honey and Pine Nuts
• Scallop Chowder with Fines Herbes
• Any-Day Chicken Sauté
• Steak with Cherry and Red Wine Sauce
• Pork Chops with Mustard-Caper Sauce
• Simple Beef Stew from Provence
• Roasted Salmon with Leeks, Wine, and Garlic
• Classic French Pizzas
• Strawberry-Caramel Crèpes with Mascarpone Cream
• Chocolate Pot de Crème
• Lemon Curd Crème Brûlée

Time-pressed cooks will especially appreciate the entire chapter of main-dish recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less. Indeed, this book proves, again and again, that the joys of the French table are open to everyone. You can live modestly and cook simply, yet dine splendidly, night after night.

Author Biography

Wini Moranville has been a food writer and editor for twenty-five years. She is the author of The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid Food That French Women Cook Every Day and has contributed to many lifestyle magazines including Relish Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Home, Simply Perfect Italian, Holiday Appetizers, Holiday Celebrations, Holiday Menus, and Creative Home, among others. She has also served as a writer and editor for numerous cookbooks under the Better Homes and Gardens imprint, including three editions of the iconic Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. During her 15-year tenure as The Des Moines Register's chief restaurant reviewer, she wrote over 750 dining reviews. A fan of both France and Louisa May Alcott, Wini’s next project is a travelogue that traces the author’s extensive travels through France. 

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