num_pages: 320
description: What could be sweeter than a life with friendship and food at its center? For Batrice Peltre author of the award-winning blog LaTartineGourmande.com to cook is to delight in the best of what life has to offerthe people and places we love. Welcome to a world where flavors are collected as souvenirs and shared as heirlooms and where the dishes we create are expressions of our joie de vivre. With nearly 100 recipes and charming anecdotes La Tartine Gourmande takes you on a journey not only through the meals of the day but around the world as Ba revisits her inspiration for each dish. Though her style is largely inspired by her native France youll find a wide array of influences as she brings creative twists to classic recipesall while remaining effortlessly healthful and balanced. The gluten-free recipes use whole grains like quinoa millet buckwheat and nut flours lending surprising depth of flavor and nutrients even to desserts. Youll taste the best of her adventures abroad from Denmark to New Zealand her childhood in the French countryside and the simple wholesomeness of her charmed life at home in Boston. Your mouth will water as Ba recalls the oeufs en cocotte (baked eggs) that she ate as a child after collecting fresh eggs from her grandmothers hen house. Her recipe for this classic dish now includes leeks spinach smoked salmon and cumin. Or try the buttermilk lemon and poppyseed pancakes she made every morning in Crete when she was pregnanttheyre now her little daughter Lulus favorite. Warm up with a bowl of celeriac white sweet potato and apple soup a dish inspired by a chilly day of horseback riding in New Zealand. Youll love sharing the saffron-flavored crab and watercress souffl a delicious homage to one of her mothers best-loved Christmas traditions. And since most would agree that a meal without dessert is like wearing only one shoe try the apple rhubarb and strawberry nutty crumble served with vanilla-flavored custard just the way her husbands Irish grandfather preferred. Lush styling and photography combined with sweet stories foodie tidbits and fresh and original recipes make La Tartine Gourmande perfect for those who love food and the way our lives play around it. This is not just a book about cooking but a warm invitation to share in the beauty and simple pleasures of a life with food at the heart of it.
language: English
title: La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes for an Inspired Life
publisher: Roost Books