Let's eat France
By: François-Régis Gaudry ; [translated from the French by Zachary R. Townsend]
Contributors: Townsend, Zachary R., translator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9781579658762
Subjects: French Cooking
Other titles: François-Régis Gaudry & friends present let's eat France; Let us eat France
Work titles: Pourquoi manger la France?
Description: There's never been a book about food like Let's Eat France! A book that feels literally larger than life, it is a feast for food lovers and Francophiles, combining the completist virtues of an encyclopedia and the obsessive visual pleasures of infographics with an enthusiast's unbridled joy. Here are classic recipes, including how to make a pot-au-feu, eight essential composed salads, pâté en croûte, blanquette de veau, choucroute, and the best ratatouille. Profiles of French food icons like Colette and Curnonsky, Brillat-Savarin and Bocuse, the Troigros dynasty and Victor Hugo. A region-by-region index of each area's famed cheeses, charcuterie, and recipes. Poster-size guides to the breads of France, the wines of France, the oysters of France--even the frites of France. You'll meet endive, the belle of the north; discover the croissant timeline; understand the art of tartare; find a chart of wine bottle sizes, from the tiny split to the Nebuchadnezzar (the equivalent of 20 standard bottles); and follow the family tree of French sauces. Adding to the overall delight of the book is the random arrangement of its content (a tutorial on mayonnaise is next to a list of places where Balzac ate), making each page a found treasure. It's a book you'll open anywhere--and never want to close.
Notes: Subtitle on cover: "1,250 specialty foods, 375 iconic recipes, 350 topics, and 260 personalities, plus hundreds of maps, charts, tricks, tips, and anecdotes and everything else you want to know about the food of France."

Originally published in French as On Va Deguster La France, Paris, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.