Niçoise: Market-Inspired Cooking from France's Sunniest City


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Travel to the sunny French Riviera and discover Niçoise cuisine alongside a skilled teacher. Savor the bounty of each season on the Mediterranean coast. To eat—and cook—like a Niçoise involves snacks and sandwiches you can enjoy on the go (socca and pan bagnat), tender stuffed vegetables (petit farcis), slow-simmered meat stews (beef daube), and vivid fruit desserts. This southern French cuisine is among the healthiest in the world, relying on classic Mediterranean ingredients like olive oil, fresh and dried herbs, preserved fish, and an abundance of seasonal produce. Drawing on the city’s rich food traditions, Rosa Jackson gathers over 100 recipes by season. Gliding through open air markets, tiny bakeries, and generations-old restaurants, she conjures a region and its cuisine as only a local can. Pull up a seat at the Niçoise table, a unique and captivating side of French food.




Cuisine Niçoise


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“Delightful . . . like the distilled essence of the Mediterranean, fresh with basil, lemons, red millet, pine nuts, garlic, saffron and olive oil.” —The Times (London) Though Nice may conjure up the very essence of sophisticated chic—The Promenade des Anglais, the Hôtel Negresco, and the casinos—its culinary traditions are all about simplicity. And its delicious dishes are known to have many health benefits, as its recipes are in tune with the natural cycle of the year using in-season fruits, herbs, and vegetables, as well as plenty of fish. With recipes offering a relaxed flexibility with ingredients and seasonings, and suited to cooks of all levels of experience, this cookbook shows you how to make the best use of a Niçoise pantry stocked with the best quality extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, fresh garlic, and pots of aromatic herbs such as rosemary, thyme, and basil—and discover the wonderful, enticing world of tians, panisses, socca, and ganses. While not everyone will be able to dine alfresco under an olive tree, the way they do in Nice, this classic cookbook will at least allow you to recreate the city’s best-loved dishes.




South of France Cookbook


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Classic. Simple. Delicious. This is the food from the south of France. With over 100 recipes inspired by the old-world glamour and elegance of St Tropez, The South of France Cookbook takes you on a journey to discover the culinary secrets of the town and delicious recipes that embody the region. Whether you’re looking for a savory breakfast, an early evening cocktail, a healthy yet delicious lunch, or a meal-making dessert, the South of France cookbook has something for you. Breakfast – Petit Déjeuner – Breakfast is an important, and often extremely indulgent, occasion when everyone comes together for a buttery, pastry-layered, jam-fuelled extravaganza. Keeping with this theme find delicious, sweet and savory, recipes for sticky buns, omelets with girolles, Gruyere and thyme, and much more. Lunch – Déjeuner – Inspired by the beach shacks offering tempting, colorful, fresh and fast dishes, these recipes are a refreshing way to break up your work, or beach, day. From local specialties like the Graniers spring rolls and Le Mazagran’s ratatouille, to new takes on salad niçoise and mussels marinières – you’ll find a new favorite in this chapter. Teatime – Gouter – Whether you need a late afternoon caffeine kick, or are craving something sugary, find a delicious break-time treat here. Tea infusion from Le Patissier du Chateau, mango almond biscuits, vanilla and orange-blossom marshmallows, the St Tropez tart and more, fill the pages of the sweet chapter. Drinks and Canapes – Aperitif et canapés – At the end of a long day many people long for a delicious and refreshing cocktail, and a small snack. The pampelonne cocktail, café clemenceau’s citron pressé go well with delicious polenta and yogurt galettes, olive paste, Chez Fuch’s calamari, and avocado soup - just to name a few. Dinner – Dîner – A lavish feast is accessible every night with Nina’s easy-to-follow recipes and fantastic recipes for provençal tomatoes, fennel, crab pasta on the rocks, ruby roasted duck and more. Dessert – Dessert – In St Tropez, dessert is taken very seriously. So why not take it as seriously in your own kitchen with a lemon and passion fruit tart, grand marnier cheesecake, marbled chocolate mousse or some sea-salt caramel ice cream? Find everything you need to live the south of France life and eat like the locals eat, with the South of France Cookbook.




Metropolitan Home


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The French Slow Cooker


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Demonstrates how to adapt classic French dishes for convenient, high-flavor results, providing coverage of such favorites as crispy duck confit, bouillabaisse and ginger, and crème brûlée.




La Vie Rustic


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The James Beard Award–winning author celebrates the traditions of French country living with evocative essays and simple, seasonal recipes. Following an approach to daily cooking that’s rooted firmly in the French tradition, author Georgeanne Brennan crafts recipes driven by the seasons and the outdoors. Paired with lovely lifestyle photography, this inspiring cookbook weaves together her personal experience, stories, and tips about how to create a sustainable life—one that celebrates the relationship between the land and the table, and among food, family, and friends—no matter where you reside. Inside you’ll find delectable dishes that combine ingredients from forest, field, sea, and stream in casual meals for friends and family like green garlic and new potato soup, homecured olives, chestnut and pork stew, foie gras terrine, chicken liver pâté, beef braised in red wine and bone marrow, frozen meringues and fruit cream, snail stuffed mushroom, wild mushroom soup, Crème Brûlée with Black Truffles, lavender pepper goat cheese, and more. With lovely recipes and tips for sustainable living, La Vie Rustic allows you to live the French lifestyle in your home!




France


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Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, "Eyewitness Travel Guide: France" paints a complete picture of the country. Readers will appreciate the hundreds of color photos of everything from ski towns to beaches to wine vineyards.




DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: France


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The chapters of this book have been divided into 16 color-coded regions that reflect the diversity of France. These are based on the country's historical regions that were often defined by their geography and landscape as much as by their influence and power. Each has developed its own special flavor; its own architecture, cuisine, customs, music, dress, dialect and even language. The pages of the Eyewitness Travel Guide will give a taste of these areas and show you what there is to see and do. Annually revised and updated with beautiful new full-color photos, illustrations, and maps, this guide includes information on local customs, currency, medical services, and transportation. Consistently chosen over the competition in national consumer market research. The best keeps getting better!




Mediterranean Summer


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An alluring, evocative summer voyage on the Mediterranean and into the enchanting seaside towns of France and Italy by a young American chef aboard an Italian billionaire couple’s spectacular sailing yacht. Having begun his cooking career in some of New York’s and San Francisco’s best restaurants, David Shalleck undertakes a European culinary adventure, a quest to discover what it really means to be a chef through a series of demanding internships in Provence and throughout Italy. After four years, as he debates whether it is finally time to return stateside and pursue something more permanent, he stumbles upon a rare opportunity: to become the chef on board Serenity, the classic sailing yacht owned by one of Italy’s most prominent couples. They present Shalleck with the ultimate challenge: to prepare all the meals for them and their guests for the summer, with no repeats, comprised exclusively of local ingredients that reflect the flavors of each port, presented flawlessly to the couple’s uncompromising taste—all from the confines of the yacht’s small galley while at sea. Shalleck invites readers to experience both place and food on Serenity’s five-month journey. He prepares the simple classics of Provençal cooking in the French Riviera, forages for delicate frutti di mare in Liguria to make crudo, finds the freshest fish along the Tuscan coast for cacciucco, embraces the season of sun-drenched tomatoes for acqua pazza in the Amalfi Coast, and crosses the Bay of Naples to serve decadent dark chocolate-almond cake at the Isle of Capri. Shalleck captures the distinctive sights, sounds, and unique character of each port, the work hard/play hard life of being a crew member, and the challenges of producing world-class cuisine for the stylish and demanding owners and their guests. An intimate view of the most exclusive of worlds, Mediterranean Summer offers readers a new perspective on breathtaking places, a memorable portrait of old world elegance and life at sea, as well recipes and tips to re-create the delectable food.




The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area


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With more than 500 recommended restaurants, this is the third in a series of destination city guides for "eco-gastronomic" travelers--adventurous people who seek out quality, tradition, and fresh, seasonal, and locally grown ingredients when they explore the restaurants, markets, and bars of a city.