French Roots: Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful by Jean-Pierre MoullÉ,Patricia Unterman

By Jean-Pierre MoullÉ,Patricia Unterman

A narratively wealthy cookbook of French and Californian recipes from longtime Chez Panisse govt chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and his spouse, Denise Moulle.

Jean-Pierre and Denise Moullé met on a road nook in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they have been married. French Roots is the tale in their lives informed in the course of the foodstuff they cook dinner, starting with the dishes of old-world France--the couple’s birthplace--and targeting the straightforward, pared-down arrangements of French nutrients universal within the postwar interval. the tale then travels to the San Francisco Bay region within the Nineteen Seventies, the place Jean-Pierre used to be appointed govt chef at Chez Panisse whilst California food used to be simply rising as a particular and significant type, and the place Denise all started uploading French wine. eventually, the adventure follows the couple to their houses in Sonoma, California, and Bordeaux to revisit the vintage dishes of the Moullés’ local nation and hone the forgotten abilities of foraging, looking, and preserving. 

Exquisitely written, with recipes which are leading edge and undying, insights on cooking and pondering like a chef, and an insider’s consultant to the wines of Bordeaux, French Roots is far greater than a cookbook—it’s a consultant to residing the great life.

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