num_pages: 544
description: When Julia Child told Dorie Greenspan You write recipes just the way I do she paid her the ultimate compliment. Julias praise was echoed by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times which referred to Dories wonderfully encouraging voice and the sense of a real person who is there to help should you stumble. Now in a big personal and personable book Dorie captures all the excitement of French home cooking sharing disarmingly simple dishes she has gathered over years of living in France.Around My French Table includes many superb renditions of the great classics: a glorious cheese-domed onion soup a spoon-tender beef daube and the top-secret chocolate mousse recipe that every good Parisian cook knowsbut wont reveal. Hundreds of other recipes are remarkably easy: a cheese and olive quick bread a three-star chefs Basque potato tortilla made with a surprise ingredient (potato chips) and an utterly satisfying roast chicken for lazy people. Packed with lively stories memories and insider tips on French culinary customs Around My French Table will make cooks fall in love with France all over again or for the first time.
language: English
title: Around My French Table: More than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours
publisher: Harvest