Synopses & Reviews
When Julia Child told Dorie Greenspan, and#8220;You write recipes just the way I do,and#8221; she paid her the ultimate compliment. Juliaand#8217;s praise was echoed by the
New York Times and the
Los Angeles Times, which referred to Dorieand#8217;s and#8220;wonderfully encouraging voiceand#8221; and and#8220;the sense of a real person who is there to help should you stumble.and#8221; and#160; Now in a big, personal, and personable book, Dorie captures all the excitement of French home cooking, sharing disarmingly simple dishes she has gathered over years of living in France.
Around My French Table includes many superb renditions of the great classics: a glorious cheese-domed onion soup, a spoon-tender beef daube, and the and#8220;top-secretand#8221; chocolate mousse recipe that every good Parisian cook knowsand#8212;but wonand#8217;t reveal. and#160; Hundreds of other recipes are remarkably easy: a cheese and olive quick bread, a three-star chefand#8217;s Basque potato tortilla made with a surprise ingredient (potato chips), and an utterly satisfying roast chicken for and#8220;lazy people.and#8221; and#160; Packed with lively stories, memories, and insider tips on French culinary customs, Around My French Table will make cooks fall in love with France all over again, or for the first time.
Review
"Hereand#8217;s what I know about savvy French home cooks: They love great tasting food. And if making that great tasting food is practical and convenient, they love it even more. Iand#8217;d bet that if French cooks could get their hands on Michele Scicoloneand#8217;s
French Slow Cooker, which is filled with smart, practical, and convenient recipes, theyand#8217;d never let it go."
and#8212; Dorie Greenspan, Around My French Table
Synopsis
Plug it in and Cook with French Flair
"I'd bet that if French cooks could get their hands on Michele Scicolone's French Slow Cooker, which is filled with smart, practical, and convenient recipes, they'd never let it go." -- Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table
With a slow cooker, even novices can turn out dishes that taste as though they came straight out of the kitchen of a French grandmere. Provencal vegetable soup. Red-wine braised beef with mushrooms. Chicken with forty cloves of garlic. Even bouillabaisse. With The French Slow Cooker, all of these are as simple as setting the timer and walking away. Michele Scicolone goes far beyond the usual slow-cooker standbys of soups and stews, with Slow-Cooked Salmon with Lemon and Green Olives, Crispy Duck Confit, and Spinach Souffle. And for dessert, how about Ginger Creme Brulee? With The French Slow Cooker, the results are always magnifique.
Synopsis
Finally a book that combines the fresh, exuberant flavors of great Italian food with the ease and comfort of a slow cooker. Michele Scicolone, a best-selling author and an authority on Italian cooking, shows how good ingredients and simple techniques can lift the usual and#8220;crockpotand#8221; fare into the dimension of fine food. Pasta with Meat and Mushroom Ragu, Osso Buco with Red Wine, Chicken with Peppers and Mushrooms: These are dishes that even the most discriminating cook can proudly serve to company, yet all are so carefree that anyone with just five or ten minutes of prep time can make them on a weekday and return to perfection. and#160; Simmered in the slow cooker, soups, stews, beans, grains, pasta sauces, and fish are as healthy as they are delicious. Polenta and risotto, and#8220;stir-crazyand#8221; dishes that ordinarily need careful timing, are effortless. Meat loaves come out perfectly moist, tough cuts of meat turn succulent, and cheesecakes emerge flawless.
Synopsis
French cooking using the slow cooker, with 125 recipes.
Synopsis
Plug it in and Cook with French Flair
and#8220;Iand#8217;d bet that if French cooks could get their hands on Michele Scicoloneand#8217;s French Slow Cooker, which is filled with smart, practical, and convenient recipes, theyand#8217;d never let it go.and#8221; and#8212; Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table
With a slow cooker, even novices can turn out dishes that taste as though they came straight out of the kitchen of a French grandmand#232;re. Provenand#231;al vegetable soup. Red-wine braised beef with mushrooms. Chicken with forty cloves of garlic. Even bouillabaisse. With The French Slow Cooker, all of these are as simple as setting the timer and walking away. Michele Scicolone goes far beyond the usual slow-cooker standbys of soups and stews, with Slow-Cooked Salmon with Lemon and Green Olives, Crispy Duck Confit, and Spinach Souffland#233;. And for dessert, how about Ginger Crand#232;me Brand#251;land#233;e? With The French Slow Cooker, the results are always magnifique.
Synopsis
Three hundred recipes from the author's French kitchen and those of her French friends and French artisans, plus tips and stories.
Synopsis
America's favorite cooking method, the slow cooker, applied to America's most popular cuisine, by an award-winning authority on Italy.
About the Author
Michele Scicolone is the author ofandnbsp;The Italian Slow Cooker, Entertaining with the Sopranos, The Sopranos Family Cookbook, a New York Times bestseller, and Bistro Laurent Tourondel. Her 1000 Italian Recipes and A Fresh Taste of Italy were nominated for James Beard and International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards.andnbsp;
Table of Contents
Introductionand#160; 1
Why a Slow Cooker?and#160; 3
Choosing a Slow Cookerand#160; and#160;5
Tips and Techniquesand#160; and#160;7
Slow Cooker Safetyand#160; 11
The French Pantryand#160;and#160; 13
SOUPSand#160; 20
CHICKEN, TURKEY, AND DUCKand#160; and#160;42
MEATSand#160; and#160;76
SEAFOODand#160; 118
SOUFFLand#201;S, QUICHES, AND OTHER EGG DISHESand#160; 132
VEGETABLESand#160; 150
LEGUMES AND GRAINSand#160; 170
DESSERTS and#160; 188
BASICSand#160;and#160; 215
Indexand#160;and#160; 225