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Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes From My Home To Yours (2010)

by Dorie Greenspan(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0618875530 (ISBN13: 9780618875535)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: I heard about this on NPR when it was published; Dorie had worked at NPR I believe, so on successive weekends they had a correspondent working with Dorie in her kitchen on recipes from the book, with Dorie telling stories of where she came across the recipes, anecdotes of times she'd made it or served it - it just sounded fascinating. Love the stories she tells, but I've only made one thing from it so far - it was not successful.
review 2: I finally understand why half the foodie world is going nuts over Dorie Greenspan in general, and this cookbook in particular. Named Cookbook of the Year by the IACP this month, Around My French Table is a must-have, a magical combination of tempting photographs, approachable yet sophisticated recipes, and superb writing. Ea... morech recipe is accompanied by a delightful anecdote behind how she acquired it and tips on how to prepare it best. For example, her “Top Secret Chocolate Mousse” recipe relates her quest to get the recipe for this delicious mousse she was served by multiple friends in France. It was so good, but no one would tell her how to make it. Finally, a close friend revealed what no one else wanted to: The recipe was found on the back of a bar of Nestle baking chocolate. It’s stories like this that make us feel like Dorie is a good friend teaching us to cook while sharing wonderful stories of the people and places in France we ourselves would like to visit. Some recipes are traditional, but without the fussy Julia Child approach; like modern French cooks, Dorie doesn’t mind taking shortcuts where possible, and she also includes ethnic-inspired recipes from former French colonized countries like Morocco and Vietnam.I loved the book so much, it was my pick for my first cookbook club event (where everyone brings one dish from the same cookbook). I want to make everything in here at least once, and I’m already off to a running start. less

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