French Roots: Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful Food

French Roots: Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful Food along the Way [A Cookbook]

A narratively rich cookbook of French and Californian recipes from longtime Chez Panisse executive chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and his wife, Denise Moulle.

Jean-Pierre and Denise MoullÃ© met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. French Roots is the story of their lives told through the food they cook, beginning with the dishes of old-world France--the coupleâ€™s birthplace--and focusing on the simple, pared-down preparations of French food common in the postwar period. The story then travels to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, where Jean-Pierre was appointed executive chef at Chez Panisse when California cuisine was just emerging as a distinctive and important style, and where Denise began importing French wine. Finally, the journey follows the couple to their homes in Sonoma, California, and Bordeaux to revisit the classic dishes of the MoullÃ©sâ€™ native country and hone the forgotten skills of foraging, hunting, and preserving.Â

Exquisitely written, with recipes that are innovative and timeless, insights on cooking and thinking like a chef, and an insiderâ€™s guide to the wines of Bordeaux, French Roots is much more than a cookbookâ€”itâ€™s a guide to living the good life.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ten Speed Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-09-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ten Speed Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-09-16
Format	Kindle eBook

French Roots: Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful Food along the Way [A Cookbook]

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