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Books : Patricia Wells at Home in Provence: Recipes Inspired By Her Farmhouse In France |
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Books : Patricia Wells at Home in Provence: Recipes Inspired By Her Farmhouse In France |
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by: Patricia Wells
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59449 EAN: 9780684815695 ISBN: 0684815699 Label: Scribner Manufacturer: Scribner Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: October 07, 1996 Publisher: Scribner Sales Rank: 449863 Studio: Scribner Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - How do you say "yummy" in French?Wells is a very well-known foodie, with an enviable life spent writing cookibooks, eating French food, and enjoying what sounds like an idyllic farm life in the heart of Provence. If you watch Food Network, you've seen her pop in and out of some of your favorite shows. (I particularly remember her guesting on Barefoot Contessa, where she made a delish light lunch.) Anyway, she writes a mouth-watering preamble to every recipe and provides wine suggestions for main dishes. It's one of the few cookbooks worth actually READING straight through, rather than picking and choosing only the recipes that sound good. I've found some of the recipes a bit more difficult than others, but all the ones I've tried so far have been really good. AND the book has really inspired me to cook foods that I haven't worked much with before. For example, I've never been a big turnip-eater, but Wells made the turnip and cumin puree sound so good that I had to attempt it. And it was DE-LISH. Rating:  - Patricia Wells At Home In ProvenceThis is a WONDERFUL cookbook containing some of the best recipes I have ever prepared. But more than that, it's an invitation to enjoy the landscape and history of Provence. Excellent work, Patricia! Warm regards, Linda Quest :) Rating: - A treasure found againI bought this book in 1997, made many of the truly excellent recipes, but somehow forgot about it -- the result, I suspect, of my hobby of (addiction to?) purchasing cookbooks. But, while searching for something different to fix for 2005's Christmas dinner, I remembered Patricia's recipe for "City Steak" and, voila, we enjoyed a marvelous meal of City Steak, Fake Frites and Cheesemaker's Salad -- so easy, so delicious! Thumbing through my copy and the contemporaneous notes I always write for each recipe tried, I was reminded of how we happily devoured the Amazing Sorrel Soup, Turnip and Cumin Puree, Monsieur Henny's Eggplant Gratin, Checchino Dal 1887's Spaghetti alla Carbonara, Steamed Salmon with Warm Lemon Vinaigrette and the Beef and White Wine Daube from Arles, to name a few. I suspect this book will now be a somewhat permanent fixture in my kitchen since there are dozens of recipes I can't wait to try -- even the breads and desserts that usually don't interest me. Yes, it truly is a treasure. Rating: - It's Patricia Wells' world......we all just want to be living in it. Perhaps what makes her cookbooks so popular is the impression she gives that we can. Good food, grown yourself or obtained fresh, simply prepared, and appreciated with friends--these things do not require a farmhouse in Provence to enjoy. Nevertheless, owning such a farmhouse would be a joy, and Wells, along with photographer Robert Freson, charmingly captures the experience of farming, cooking, and entertaining in Provence. As for the recipes, they are, like those in all of Wells' books, fairly simple to execute, fresh, appealing, and very tasty. By baking an olive oil brioche, roasting a chicken, or mixing up a simple tapanade, we too can experience the pleasure that comes from making food with our own hands and sharing with family and friends.
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