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Let's Eat France!: 1,250 specialty foods, 375 iconic recipes, 350 topics, 260 personalities, plus hundreds of maps, charts, tricks, tips, and ... the food of France (Let's Eat Series, 1) Hardcover – Illustrated, October 16, 2018
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There’s never been a book about food like Let’s Eat France! A book that feels literally larger than life, it is a feast for food lovers and Francophiles, combining the completist virtues of an encyclopedia and the obsessive visual pleasures of infographics with an enthusiast’s unbridled joy.
Here are classic recipes, including how to make a pot-au-feu, eight essential composed salads, pâté en croûte, blanquette de veau, choucroute, and the best ratatouille. Profiles of French food icons like Colette and Curnonsky, Brillat-Savarin and Bocuse, the Troigros dynasty and Victor Hugo. A region-by-region index of each area’s famed cheeses, charcuterie, and recipes. Poster-size guides to the breads of France, the wines of France, the oysters of France—even the frites of France. You’ll meet endive, the belle of the north; discover the croissant timeline; understand the art of tartare; find a chart of wine bottle sizes, from the tiny split to the Nebuchadnezzar (the equivalent of 20 standard bottles); and follow the family tree of French sauces.
Adding to the overall delight of the book is the random arrangement of its content (a tutorial on mayonnaise is next to a list of places where Balzac ate), making each page a found treasure. It’s a book you’ll open anywhere—and never want to close.
- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherArtisan
- Publication dateOctober 16, 2018
- Dimensions10 x 1.75 x 13.5 inches
- ISBN-101579658768
- ISBN-13978-1579658762
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“An encyclopedic (yet playful) celebration of French gastronomy.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Foodies will savor this stunning coffee-table book about all things French food—from recipes to guides to oysters and frites.”
—Real Simple, Holiday Gift Guide
“Truly epic. That’s the only word to describe this book: more than 400 pages that crawl into every cranny of modern French cuisine. . . . Every topic you can think of is covered from onions to cheese to natural wine to Le Grand Couscous. And Gaudry does so with more personality and wit than one might expect from a project so vast.”
—Houston Chronicle, The Best Cookbooks of the Year
“This six-pound compendium of everything French cuisine is a light-hearted collection of recipes (from mayonnaise to cassoulet); tips (best gastronomy museums, a guide to wild berries); a tour of the country via its breads, wines, and signature dishes; and anecdotes on star chefs from Julia Child to Daniel Boulud.”
—National Geographic, Inspiring Books to Gift Travelers
“Ginormous . . . exuberant.”
—Newsday, The Best Cookbooks of the Year
“Fascinating . . . astonishing.”
—The Daily Mail(UK)
“If you love France you’ll be in heaven as it’s . . . an utterly joyous celebration of all things French.”
—The Telegraph (UK),Diana Henry’s 20 Best Cookbooks to Buy This Autumn
“Gaudry . . . surpasses expectations with this monster of a book (it weighs 6 pounds!). Any questions you could possibly have regarding the food of France are answered here. Sprinkled with a mix of recipes, fun facts, personality profiles and more, this book is perfect for any Francophile.”
—FoodNetwork.com
“A master class in French gastronomy for the food-loving Francophile in your life.”
—Afar.com
“[A] boisterously beautiful, ingeniously designed and illustrated book that answers every question you have about French cuisine and all the questions you didn’t know you needed answers to. . . . C’est merveilleux!”
—BookPage, Top Pick in Cooking
“From fun facts, anecdotes, ingredient highlights, and recipes to wine infographics and personality profiles, Let’s Eat France! is not just another celebration of French classics through time; it’s a fun and nostalgic reverence to l’art de vivre à la française, one deeply rooted in gastronomic tradition.”
—Daniel Boulud
“When the most influential French food writer pays tribute to his country’s cuisine, the result is an ambitious, entertaining, and funny book that makes you salivate.”
—Alain Passard
“Let’s Eat France! is a literary pot-au-feu—a stew of ingredients and stories that perfectly captures French cuisine.”
—Dan Barber
“This new reference book of French food heritage is a must-have for your bookcase and your kitchen!”
—Anne-Sophie Pic
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- Publisher : Artisan; First Edition (October 16, 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1579658768
- ISBN-13 : 978-1579658762
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 10 x 1.75 x 13.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #77,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #53 in French Cooking, Food & Wine
- #70 in Gastronomy Essays (Books)
- #3,319 in LGBTQ+ Romance (Books)
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Customers find the book impressive, filled with rich info on every page and beautifully illustrated. They also say it's easy to understand and fun to read. Readers also appreciate the great recipes, surprising facts, and details about French culture. They say it makes a great gift for foodies.
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Customers find the book's content impressive, rich, and beautifully illustrated. They also say it's a perfect guide to get you started and useful for learning the basics.
"I adore this book and I can't imagine who wouldn't. It's a total visual delight, packed with photographs, illustrations, charts and maps on just..." Read more
"...Wonderful photography. An absolute treasure of a book." Read more
"Love this series. So much info, great recipes, lots of food history. Highly recommend this book as well as the other two in the series." Read more
"...book which in and of itself is impressive and is filled with rich info on every page — entire sections dedicated to wine, cheese, even snails…..." Read more
Customers find the book fun, interesting, and delightful to read through slowly. They also appreciate the well-written passages about the history of foods and find the content inviting and accessible.
"...It is really fun to read and is the next best thing to an actual food tour of France that there is. Great book!" Read more
"...Graphics and layout of this book keep you entertained from page 1...." Read more
"Wonderful book on French food and it’s culture and history. So fun to read! Beautifully illustrated!..." Read more
"...It’s a fun and interesting read. I see there is a similar book for Italy! Must get it!" Read more
Customers find the recipes in the book great, easy to follow, and packed with history about French cuisine. They also appreciate the surprising facts.
"Love this series. So much info, great recipes, lots of food history. Highly recommend this book as well as the other two in the series." Read more
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"...It’s also the perfect gift for a gourmet friend.My next book will definitely be Let’s eat Italy!" Read more
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Let's take cheese, for example. In one part of the book, you'll find a chart entitled "Cheeses for Melting."
The chart consists of five of France's greatest melted cheese dishes - Tartiflette, Raclette, Fondue Savoyard, Aligot, and Cancoillotte - across the top, and down the side the topics are: A Little History, Cheeses Used, Faux Pas, and How To Taste It. The facing page features recipes for and photos of Tariflette, Aligot and Fondue Savoyard.
And in another part of the book, there's a cheese map that covers 2-page spread of the PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) cheese regions, followed by 2 pages of illustrations and descriptions of the 45 cheeses that have AOP (Appellation d'origine protégée) status.
Additionally, there are recipes with cheese sprinkled throughout the book.
You name a French food and it's likely that you will not only find out something fun about in this book, but get as close to a complete education on it as is possible in a few pages. The only French food I could not find out of the many scores I looked up was Vichyssoise. I thought that was a glaring omission, but it turns out that Vichyssoise is not French at all!
Be aware that it's a very oversized book, more like a coffee-table-sized book and I only have one shelf in my bookcase that tall enough for it to fit on.
The organization of the book is, well, a bit hard to describe. It doesn't really seem to be organized in any way that makes sense but, as a friend who lived in France for many years said, maybe that makes it even more French. lol. The index could be better as well. I had a hard time finding a few favorites:
Ratatouille is not under R, but two ratatouille recipes are found under Eggplant.
Conversely, Pan Bagnat is neither under P, nor under T for Tuna (using the ratatouille/eggplant thinking), but rather can be found under Sandwiches.
Happily, though, Boeuf Bourguignon is found under Beef!
So you might have to do a little sleuthing now and then to find what you're looking for.
As soon as I got this book, I searched for similar books featuring Spain and Italy, but only found disappointment. However, I recently learned that Let's Eat Italy has just been released, so I know what's going to be at the top of my Christmas list!
If you adore French food, I think you would also love this book. It is really fun to read and is the next best thing to an actual food tour of France that there is. Great book!
Graphics and layout of this book keep you entertained from page 1. The book is a mixture of history, culture, regional food explanations, anecdotes, recipes — it’s absolutely lovely.
I am impressed at how much quality you get for the price. It’s a large (in size) book which in and of itself is impressive and is filled with rich info on every page — entire sections dedicated to wine, cheese, even snails…
150% recommend.
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Le livre est génial ! Mais il est dommage qu’il soit arrivé en mauvais état car c’était un cadeau.
C’est dommage de payer une livraison pour recevoir un livre dans cet état.
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Le livre est génial ! Mais il est dommage qu’il soit arrivé en mauvais état car c’était un cadeau.
C’est dommage de payer une livraison pour recevoir un livre dans cet état.
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The book is gorgeous, the content is absolutely fascinating, I read the entirety of it in one day I got so enamoured with it, but because I have to compare it to the the Italian version I would give this one a 4 out of 5, while the Italian version is “at least” 5 out of 5
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