Elizabeth david, the british cookery writer, published eight books in the 34 years between 1950 and 1984. First published in 1960, it is readable, inspiring and entertainingly informative. If you are new here, you may want to learn a little more about how this site works. The folio society, which published a new edition of the book in 2008, wrote, french provincial cooking is considered to be the crowning achievement of elizabeth david s career, incorporating exquisite recipes from great chefs alongside those gathered from local cooks and one of the finest bibliographies of good cookery books ever compiled. Providing simple recipes like omelettes, souffles, soups and salads, it also offers more complex fare such as p tes, cassoulets, roasts and puddings. There are no pictures but it is a very usable book.
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