Potager Fresh Garden Cooking in the French Style

by Vaughan, John; Waters, Alice; Brennan, Georgeanne

• ISBN13: 9780811830416
• ISBN10: 0811830411
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

With 80,000 of the original sold, Chronicle Books now reissues this cookbook classic with a new cover to introduce it to a new generation of readers. The French country tradition of cooking from a potager, or kitchen garden, has for centuries produced meals that are seasonally fresh, simple, and sparkling with the essential flavors of their carefully grown and prepared ingredients. Here James Beard Award-winning author Georgeanne Brennan captures the full vitality of this age-old cuisine. Arranged by season, Potager features a collection of sixty imaginative recipes made from the very freshest fruits, vegetables, and herbs of nature's bounty. Illustrated with over 100 vivid color photographs of the gardens, the ingredients, and the finished dishes, Potager presents the simplicity and balance of French cuisine at its finest.

Author Biography

Georgeanne Brennan is a James Beard Award-winning author of numerous cooking and garden books. She lives in Northern California and France.

John Vaughan has traveled the globe photographing houses for Architectural Digest, HG, Better Homes and Gardens, and The New York Times, among others. Together, they authored San Francisco: A Certain Style (Chronicle Books, 1989).

Alice Waters is the founder and proprietor of Berkeley's Chez Panisse restaurant and the author of several acclaimed cookbooks.

Table of Contents

Foreword	10	(5)
Introduction	15	(10)
Spring	25	(28)
The Season of New Growth
Summer	53	(30)
The Season of Full Growth
Fall	83	(28)
The Crossover Season
Winter	111	(28)
The Dormant Season
A Simple Potager Plan for a Small Space	139	(3)
Index	142