- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Cookbooks (Jun 2 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0688138683
- ISBN-13: 978-0688138684
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 19.2 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 798 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #445,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Picture for a moment a package of salmon steaks wrapped in plastic, labeled with a price sticker, and put out on display with the rest of the shrink-wrapped seafood in your neighborhood giant supermarket. Or for that matter, picture yourself racing through the supermarket, getting the food shopping over with as quickly and as sanely as possible. This is the opposite of Michael Roberts' Parisian Home Cooking, a cookbook as much about attitude as actual food.
Through artful recipes and engaging street photography, Roberts brings to life a culinary Paris found in private homes, a cuisine with a different sense of rhythm than anything American. Lunches are longer. Dinners are later. Shopping for the best ingredients imaginable is an interpersonal experience to be savored. "The charm of a French meal," Roberts writes, "is their insistence on quality ingredients and balanced flavor, in respecting those ingredients by not overcomplicating the cooking...."
To take this book to heart in an American city, Roberts suggests we "make marketing an adventure." To this end he finds himself making full use of ethnic markets and groceries, buying fish from Japanese markets, fresh poultry in Chinese markets, and so on. "The Indian grocery is where I buy chickpea flour for making socca, a Niçoise crepe.... Don't think that you need access to a French market or gourmet emporium to cook French food."
That said, prepare for the likes of Senegalese Salt Cod Fritters, Cream of Sorrel Soup, Escarole Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette, Green Beans and Morels, Scallops with Noodles and Basil, Turkey Cutlets with Sage and Lemon Butter, Braised Rabbit with Mustard and Calvados, Roasted Turnips with Sage, and Spiced Poached Peaches.
Roberts divides his book into the traditional courses of a French meal, starting with little things to nibble and encourage an appetite, and ending with dessert. Traveling the pages in between takes the casual visitor deep into the heart of Parisian markets, then back home to a small kitchen filled with the heart-healing aromas of a simple, divine meal, Parisian style. --Schuyler Ingle
From Publishers Weekly
Chef and hotel restaurant consultant Roberts brings a disarmingly relaxed approach to French cooking and succeeds in taming a cuisine that can intimidate with its sometimes exacting procedures. He shows that Parisian home cooks are as hampered by small kitchens and time shortages as the rest of us, and that, as a result, their daily recipes are far less complicated than traditional French cookbooks suggest. Roberts proves that techniques are within the reach of anyone; his book provides ingredient lists that are not overwhelming and brims with such fresh ideas as the simple Cream of Radish Leaf Soup. Steamed Mussels West Indian Style tingles with coriander, curry and red pepper flakes. Pan-Seared Tuna Served with Its Marinade boasts a virtually effortless sauce of red wine, Dijon mustard and shallots. Casserole Roasted Chicken is one of several recipes that recall earlier Parisian stoves without thermostats, while delivering a very moist bird. Veal Shanks with Bread Sauce has a braising liquid ingeniously thickened with bread crumbs. Beef Tenderloin Steaks with Roquefort Sauce lavishly weds savory flavors popular with Parisians, as does Pork in the Style of the Butcher's Wife, heady with a mustard cream sauce, herbs, capers and cornichons. Many dishes are not for the fat conscious, but those who want to prepare French food with an informality that's almost Italian will relish Roberts's delectably casual recipes. (June)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect recipes every time!,
By Theresa Reed "The Tarot Lady" (MILWAUKEE, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Parisian Home Cooking (Hardcover)
I am very interested in french culture - in particular, the culture of food! I have other french cookbooks, but this one is by far the most used. Every single recipe I have cooked from this book has turned out beautifully. My family has especially enjoyed the scallop recipes and the bean soup recipe. I am very pleased with this book. I love the stories of french life and the pictures of the cooks in their kitchens. Hard to believe that so many treats could emerge from such tiny and bare kitchens. Bon appetit!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply The Best Cookbook Ever,
By Robert G Pickering (Fort Collins, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Parisian Home Cooking (Hardcover)
Little needs to be said about this book! It is the best cookbook I have ever owned. It is used weekly in our home. Recipes are simple, quick and absolutely delightful. You don't need any other French cookbook, although Parisian Home Cooking will only wet your appetite for more and more of this wonderful genre of food! An absolute must! Michael put me on the list for your next book!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Magnificent,
By A Customer
This review is from: Parisian Home Cooking (Hardcover)
One of my favorite 5 cookbooks of all time. Simple but delicious food, with an easy reading layout. Every recipe I have tried has turned out fantastic.The Duck with Green Peppercorns is out of this world. You can make it with duck legs only, too, which works great and is cheaper than buying whole ducks..
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