At Home with the French Classics

At Home with the French Classics Despite our growing kitchen savvy many Americans still find French food too intimidating too time consuming and too complicated Richard Grausman a well known teacher of French cooking has had a l

Despite our growing kitchen savvy, many Americans still find French food too intimidating, too time consuming, and too complicated Richard Grausman, a well known teacher of French cooking, has had a long time mission to dispel this fear and make French cooking accessible and understandable to the American home cook The result AT HOME WITH THE FRENCH CLASSICS This compeDespite our growing kitchen savvy, many Americans still find French food too intimidating, too time consuming, and too complicated Richard Grausman, a well known teacher of French cooking, has had a long time mission to dispel this fear and make French cooking accessible and understandable to the American home cook The result AT HOME WITH THE FRENCH CLASSICS This compendium of over 250 classic and traditional French dishes offers recipes that are not only approachable, but are also geared to the contemporary American lifestyle The author has cut back on salt, fat, eggs, butter, and cream without any loss of authenticity or taste The recipes have been streamlined by the use of modern appliances Certain classic techniques, which are neither sensible for the modern kitchen nor vital for the recipe s success, have been revised or eliminated.Mediterranean Fish Soup Roquefort Cheese Souffle Zucchini stuffed with Mushrooms and Ham Broiled Baby Chickens with Herbs and Mustard Poached Chicken with Creamy Tarragon Sauce Pepper Coated Steak with Cognac and Cream Rack of Lamb with Watercress And for dessert, Pears Poached in Port Wine, Chocolate Mousse, and Rich Vanilla and Chocolate Custards.Starting with first courses and ending with after dinner chocolates, the book contains dozens of possibilities for entertaining Many of the dishes can be made ahead of time Others can be made in stages, from days to weeks in adva