- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Ten Speed Press; illustrated edition edition (Oct 3 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0898157536
- ISBN-13: 978-0898157536
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 17.5 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #989,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Ratliffe offers readers an armchair culinary journey on her 80-year-old Dutch barge, the Julia Hoyt, her ``one-table restaurant and two-room hotel,'' as it traverses 88 kilometers, 21 locks, 19 villages and six courses along the Garonne River in southwestern France. After aperitifs and olives come such simple delights as Garlic Soup and Two-Celery Soup. In true French fashion, an entree comes next, an opener such as Grilled Ham with Figs, Wild Mushroom Pie or Salad with Sauteed Fresh Foie Gras. The main course might be Roast Pork Stuffed with Prunes and Shallots, Braised Beef in the Gascon Style or Pan-Grilled Stuffed Trout. Following French custom, a separate vegetable dish comes next, designed to contrast with the main course: for example, a celery root puree after a garlicky roast guinea fowl. Desserts are simple: Summer Fruit Custard Tart, Two-Peach Gratin, Goat Cheese with Armagnac and Honey. Fashioned for preparation in a small galley-kitchen, the recipes are classic ones, often accompanied by a little truc (trick or personal touch) such as adding bittersweet chocolate to a stew. Recipes, maps, photographs and essays on local products and people combine to create almost the satisfaction of being aboard the Julia Hoyt on her leisurely course.
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Ratliffe's life will seem idyllic to many-she is the owner of a canal barge based in France's Gascony region, where she offers culinary tours along the Garonne River. She cooks delicious meals in her "bistro-galley," and this book takes the reader on a week-long tour with recipes through her "long village," the towns along the river from the canal's end near Bordeaux to her home port 88 kilometers to the southeast. Recipes are by necessity simple enough to be made in a small, underequipped kitchen, but Ratliffe has all the fresh produce, duck and foie gras, and other specialties of the region to choose from, with enviable results. Recommended for cooks and armchair travelers alike.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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FROM THE WORLD-famous Bordeaux vineyards of Sauternes, Graves, and Entre-Deux-Mers to the market-basket farms and gardens that supply France and much of Europe with tomatoes, strawberries, lettuces, peppers, potatoes, and fruit, the Garonne River dictates life. Read the first page
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FROM THE WORLD-famous Bordeaux vineyards of Sauternes, Graves, and Entre-Deux-Mers to the market-basket farms and gardens that supply France and much of Europe with tomatoes, strawberries, lettuces, peppers, potatoes, and fruit, the Garonne River dictates life. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great cookbook and great travel book.,
By Jan Hufford (huffh@earthlink.net) (The Sea Ranch, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat (Paperback)
My husband and I and another couple travelled with Kate Ratliffe for a week on the Garonne Canalin her barge, the Julia Hoyt. The book describes both the journey and the wonderful food on board. If you buy the book you'll want to take the trip and if you take the trip you'll want to buy the book! Her 800 number is in the back of the book
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic! Makes me want to run to kitchen (or Gascony),
By gewillis@aol.com (Springfield, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat (Paperback)
I first picked this up at my library, expecting another in the growing genre of "lifestyle fantasy literature" -- you know, bohemian boomer quits rat race, goes abroad, buys quaint house (or boat), creates rustic & soul-satisfying alternative lifestyle and then =tortures= the rest of us by writing a glowing book about it... But now, Ratliffe's work is in a hallowed place on my cookbook shelf between Richard Olney's "Simple French Food" and "Lulu's Provencal Table." Like those books, Ratliffe's takes us deep into the heart (and soul) of a regional French cuisine, through timeless villages and fragrant home kitchens. Even if the book were recipes alone, it would be worth its price for the seasonal simplicity of "asparagus with scallions, mint and green garlic shoots," or "radish leaf soup." But Ten Speed Press has made it a feast for the hand and eye as well, with loving photos of the Garonne canal country and buff paper reminiscent of a sketchbook or travel journal. Few chefs write this well about the daily meditation of cooking, the inspirations, the happy accidents and the patiently learned techniques. Even if you never spend a night on the "Julia Hoyt," by the time you cook your way to "Flan au Floc" for dessert you'll feel you know this land and its people intimately.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic! Makes me want to run to kitchen (or Gascony),
By gewillis@aol.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat (Paperback)
I first picked this up at my library, expecting another in the growing genre of "lifestyle fantasy literature" -- you know, bohemian boomer quits rat race, goes abroad, buys quaint house (or boat), creates rustic & soul-satisfying alternative lifestyle and then =tortures= the rest of us by writing a glowing book about it... But now, Ratliffe's work is in a hallowed place on my cookbook shelf between Richard Olney's "Simple French Food" and "Lulu's Provencal Table." Like those books, Ratliffe's takes us deep into the heart (and soul) of a regional French cuisine, through timeless villages and fragrant home kitchens. Even if the book were recipes alone, it would be worth its price for the seasonal simplicity of "asparagus with scallions, mint and green garlic shoots," or "radish leaf soup." But Ten Speed Press has made it a feast for the hand and eye as well, with loving photos of the Garonne canal country and buff paper reminiscent of a sketchbook or travel journal. Few chefs write this well about the daily meditation of cooking, the inspirations, the happy accidents and the patiently learned techniques. Even if you never spend a night on the "Julia Hoyt," by the time you cook your way to "Flan au Floc" for dessert you'll feel you know this land and its people intimately.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great cookbook and great travel book.,
By Jan Hufford (huffh@earthlink.net) - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat (Paperback)
My husband and I and another couple travelled with Kate Ratliffe for a week on the Garonne Canalin her barge, the Julia Hoyt. The book describes both the journey and the wonderful food on board. If you buy the book you'll want to take the trip and if you take the trip you'll want to buy the book! Her 800 number is in the back of the book
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't pass this book up,
By raceinggreen "raceinggreen" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat (Paperback)
A great read and it has tasty easy to make recipies. What more can you want, except to actualy be in France?
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