The Provence Cookbook
Patricia Wells
Amazon.com
In books including The Paris Cookbook
and Bistro Cooking Patricia Wells
offered personal takes on delicious
French fare. The Provence Cookbook
finds Wells, a resident of the
region, evoking the terroir in
over 200 recipes culled form chefs,
home cooks, farmers, and more.
Like her other collections, Provence
yields easy but elegant fare--modern,
light-on-their-feet dishes like
Six-Minute Cod Braised in Spicy
Tomato Sauce and Francks's Roasted
Duck Breasts with Green Olives.
Book
Description
The Provence Cookbook finds
Patricia Wells, a resident of
the region, evoking the terroir
in over 200 recipes culled form
chefs, home cooks, farmers, and
more. Like her other collections,
Provence yields easy but elegant
fare--modern, light-on-their-feet
dishes such as Six-minute Cod
Braised in Spicy Tomato Sauce
and Francks's Roasted Duck Breasts
with Green Olives. While the recipes
are truly French (with an occasional
cross-cultural contribution),
Wells has done her usual trick
of translating them for relaxed
American cooking; she's also provided
enticing vignettes on local markets;
on ingredients, like the nutty
camargue rice; and on other culinary
suppliers such as Hervé
Poron, "The Truffle King".
In themselves, the listings make
a useful guide.
In addition to the expected categories,
the large recipe range includes
breads, pasta, egg and cheese
dishes, such as Quick Polenta
Bread with Rosemary, Linguini
with Saffron and Baked Arugula
Omelet. Desserts are hardly neglected,
and include evocative specialties
like Fresh Fig and Homemade Apricot
Jam Tart, Three Pear Cake and
Individual Cherry-Hazelnut Gratins.
Tips such as "On Peeling
Tomatoes" menus and photos
further distinguish a book that
will delight both Wells's fans
and those fortunate to discover
her culinary France. --Arthur
Boehm, Amazon.com
Provence
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