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Summary: a beautiful book
Review: It's full of beautiful pictures of provincial homes, open markets, antique doorknockers and iron work, cooking utensils... and the cutest little pig with a dirty snout. She also includes charming little narratives to go along with the recipes and shares childhood memories associated with the food she loves. It is worth buying for the wonderful photos alone. There is a recipe for a flourless chocolate almond cake that I will attempt at the first opportunity, and one for coq au vin, which I think sounds marvelous for a chilly weekend meal in October. I'm in love!
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Summary: Here is the one we have been waiting for
Review: Okay, we've read Chocolat. We've read Blackberry Wine, and we've read Five Quarters of the Orange. And from the beginning it's been obvious that foodie/author Joanne Harris is a frustrated cookbook writer. We've drooled at her descriptions of the magic and pleasure, the texture and taste, the power and the glory of special foods. Well, she's finally done it: Harris has collaborated with a real cookbook author, Fran Warde, and created a collection of family recipes. The onion soup and the 'slow' fudge sauce are, so far, my favorites, but I've still got about 115 more of the 120 recipes to test.
Wonderful.
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Summary: The flourless chocolate cake is superb!!!
Review: This book is beautiful. You'll love looking at the photographs. But, what you will love more, especially if you love the combination of chocolate and nuts, is the "Gateau Charles", which is a flourless chocolate cake. I bake this cake [at least] once a week, for I like to eat a slice, daily. The cake is easy to prepare. (The recipe calls for the use of 70% chocolate. My suggestion, if you're in the United States, and if you can get your hands on it [the company is located in northern California], is to use the Scharfenberger brand of chocolate. No, I don't work for them; I'm just a "foodie".)
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Summary: The flourless chocolate cake is superb!!!
Review: This book is beautiful. You'll love looking at the photographs. But, what you will love more, especially if you love the combination of chocolate and nuts, is the "Gateau Charles", which is a flourless chocolate cake. I bake this cake [at least] once a week, for I like to eat a slice, daily. The cake is easy to prepare. (The recipe calls for the use of 70% chocolate. My suggestion, if you're in the United States, and if you can get your hands on it [the company is located in northern California], is to use the Scharfenberger brand of chocolate. No, I don't work for them; I'm just a "foodie".)
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