French Cooking in Ten Minutes
Good Books rating 4.0
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- ID: 122
- Added: 2025-09-02
- Updated: 2025-09-02
- ISBN: 9780865474802
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Published: 1994-10-31
- Reviews: 3
A beautiful reprint of Edouard de Pomiane's classic collection of recipes for simply prepared meals is more useful now than ever before. Illustrated with period pen and ink drawings, French Cooking in Ten Minutes offers an array of recipes for quick soups, extemporaneous sauces, egg and noodle dishes, preparing fish and meats, as well as vegetables, salads, and deserts.
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- This sweet little cookbook had me giggling the whole way through.
- I loved every page and every word, the food is also great too!
- Will be giving this book as a gift.
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- He writes with an elegant brevity which inspires confidence.
- This book really is the antithesis of modern day cookery communication and oversharing.
- At the heart a dear old gent, whose ego is kept out of plain sight, so as to truly give himself over to you, the reader.
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- He's good on quick classics like omelettes and sauces.
- The selection of recipes make a good window on French cooking in the time of Colette and Coco.
- Useful glimpse into French cooking of its era.