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“He’s an American and you can travel with him. Outsiders always observe and know exactly what’s going on. He goes through all the regions and he writes about the regions and chooses recipes. He’ll tell you about the people, the landscape, the architecture and from that the food. In the Touraine you’ll get woodcuts of a beautiful château and you’ll be told: Touraine is the heartland of France and the heartland of haute cuisine. He’ll give you the classic haute cuisine recipes.” Read more...
The best books on French Cooking
Elisabeth Luard, Cooks & Food Writer
Our most recommended books
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The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
by Marcella Hazan -
The River Cottage Meat Book
by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall -
The Cook’s Companion
by Stephanie Alexander -
The Constance Spry Cookery Book
by Constance Spry and Rosemary Hume -
The Alice B Toklas Cookbook
by Alice B Toklas -
How to Eat
by Nigella Lawson
