num_pages: 292
description: James Beard Award winning author Georgeanne Brennan translates the tenets of a certain way of livingan approach to daily cooking thats rooted firmly in the French traditionfor American home cooks everywhere. Featuring recipes driven by the seasons and the outdoors paired with lovely lifestyle photography this inspiring cookbook weaves together her personal experience stories and tips about how to create a sustainable lifeone that celebrates the relationship between the land and the table and among food family and friendsno matter where you reside.The Potager: Year-Round Vegetables: green garlic and new potato soup; charred artichokes with fresh herb dipping sauce; zucchini and pine nut fritters; fennel and chicken braised with lemon; savory chard and raisin tart; sweet pepper and shelling bean Gratin; parsnip soup with toasted almonds; winter beignets with sauce verdeThe Orchard: Fruits &amp; Nuts: homecured olives cherry and onion chutney for seared duck breast chestnut and pork stew pear arugula and shaved parmesan salad mulberry and pistachio tart chestnut cream profiterolesThe Barnyard: Cows Goats Sheep Pigs Chickens Ducks &amp; Rabbits: foie gras terrine chicken liver pt shredded duck confit and cornichon buns beef braised in red wine and bone marrow roast chicken with potatoes and droppings stuffed breast of lamb-Michoui style frozen meringues and fruit creamThe Forest &amp; Fields: Wild Things : snail stuffed mushroom wild mushroom soup foraged greens and prosciutto salad quail with juniper glaze and shallots fresh bay leaves skewered with lamb and peppers Crme Brle with Black Truffles lavender pepper goat cheese.Water: Fish &amp; Shellfish: smoked trout pate thin sliced raw scallops with wild fennel pollen pot de poisson Moules Gratine sea bass with lemon verbenas buerre blanc sea urchin sauceWith lovely recipes and tips to sustainable life La Vie Rustic allows you to live the French lifestyle in your home! 
language: English
title: La Vie Rustic: Recipes, Tips & Tales for a Sustainable Life in the French Style
publisher: Weldon Owen