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Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home (Hardcover)
by Ina Garten
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Ina Garten always knows how to win the hearts and stomachs of her readers! Now The Barefoot Contessa goes to Paris and prepare for you the most simple and delicious French cuisine. |
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Author: Ina Garten
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Pub. in: October, 2004
ISBN: 1400049350
Pages: 240
Measurements: 10 x 7.8 x 1.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00946
Other information: ISBN-13: 9781400049356
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- Awards & Credential -
Garten's first two books featuring recipes from the Barefoot Contessa, her gourmet takeout shop in East Hampton, NY, have sold more than 400,000 copies. This book ranks #1,588 in Books out of millions on Amazon.com as of February 12, 2007. |
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Now The Barefoot Contessa goes to Paris. Ina Garten had always dreamed of Paris since her parents brought her a dress from Paris when she was three years old. She and her adored husband, Jeffrey, first went to France and camped out and cooked over a fire and were able to eat very well for a mere pittance. The next time they went to Paris it was with style. Now, they own an apartment, and Ina Garten gives us the best recipes of the day. Ina Garten knows how to win the hearts and stomachs of her readers. True, this book is meant to be an informative path to French cuisine preparation, but it is so very much more. She tells us the best places to buy specialty foods, cheese, pastries and chocolate, wine, cook and bake ware. The best place to buy flowers and the very best restaurants with a small snippet of info for each.
The cookbook is separated into the usual sort of recipes- To Start, Lunch, Soup and Salads, Dinner, Vegetables and Dessert. For instance: Beef Bourguignon- Ina tells us how to make this luscious stew within 90 minutes, which is easy and delicious; Beef au Poivre, all the flavor without the hassle- Veal chops with Roquefort Butter and Lamb with White Beans. The veggies are wonderful- green beans done the French way, Cauliflower gratin, and Asparagus with Hollandaise. The desserts are to die for, Meringue Chantilly, Pear Clafouti, Chocolate Orange Mousse, Chocolate Truffles and of course, Creme Brulee...
The recipes in all of Ms. Garten's books are very good for the home cook. As she says in many of her books, these recipes were done for 60 servings a day at her shop "Barefoot Contessa," so they had to be simple and they had to be good. Some highlights of the book include:
Cheese Puffs
Blue Cheese Souffle
Eggplant Gratin
Mussels in White Wine
Lentil Sausage Soup
Endive, Pear & Roquefort Salad
Chicken w/Fourty Cloves of Garlic
Roast Lam with White Beans
Salmon with Lentils
Moroccan Couscous
Brussels Sprouts Lardons
Chocolate Orange Mousse
Creme Brulee
Plus, the pictures in this cookbook were photographed by Quentin Bacon, and they are lovely and vibrant. This is a beautiful cookbook, lovely to look at, and just wait until you make this food and present it to your family or friends.
- From quoting Prisrob, Caroline and Grady Harp
Target readers:
Food lovers, housewives, professional cooks, or hotel and restaurant managers.
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Ina Garten made her name as a premier supplier of prepared foods in Long Island's Hamptons' carryout Barefoot Contessa. Her latest cookbook continues the traditions of her earlier work. In Barefoot Contessa Family Style, Garten serves up dinners centered on homey comforts. Mashed turnips are made palatable to even the fussiest eater by topping them with crisply fried shallots. Squash gets enriched with brown sugar and plenty of butter. Basil, cheddar, and ricotta cheese enliven otherwise bland corn pudding. For a patriotic party, nothing surpasses the sentiment of Garten's flag cake, with its precise rows of red raspberries marching between stripes of whipped cream. Blueberries and more piped whipped cream create a field of stars.
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From the publisher
Hearty boeuf Bourguignon served in deep bowls over a garlic-rubbed slice of baguette toast; decadently rich croque monsieur, eggy and oozing with cheese; gossamer crème brulee, its sweetness offset by a brittle burnt-sugar topping. Whether shared in a cozy French bistro or in your own home, the romance and enduring appeal of French country cooking is irrefutable. Here is the book that helps you bring that spirit, those evocative dishes, into your own home.
What Ina Garten is known for - on her Food Network show and in her three previous bestselling books - is adding a special twist to familiar dishes, while also streamlining the recipes so you spend less time in the kitchen but still emerge with perfection. And that's exactly what she offers in Barefoot in Paris. Ina's kir royale includes the unique addition of raspberry liqueur - a refreshing alternative to the traditional crème de cassis. Her vichyssoise is brightened with the addition of zucchini, and her chocolate mousse is deeply flavored with the essence of orange. All of these dishes are true to their Parisian roots, but all offer something special - and are thoroughly delicious, completely accessible, and the perfect fare for friends and family.
Barefoot in Paris is suffused with Ina's love of the city, of the bustling outdoor markets and alluring little shops, of the bakeries and fromageries and charcuteries - of the wonderful celebration of food that you find on every street corner, in every neighborhood. So take a trip to Paris with the perfect guide - the Barefoot Contessa herself - in her most personal book yet.
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Dave (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
Ina Garten gives us a very americanized french recipe book. Many of her recipes are americanized, and familiar. Geared more toward the casual cook than some of the other french cookbooks available this year. But Ina can't do wrong as far as I'm concerned, though her recipes tend to be anything but dietetic. It's probably more accurate to classify the food in this cookbook as "inspired by french cooking," than strictly french fare. However, for some home cooks, this might be exactly the right approach.
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Jessie (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
Great for the gourmet as well as the novice. Ina has made me a cook... a real cook! Everything I have made has been wonderful! Ina, you're the best!
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LouAnn (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
If you like Ina as I do, you will like this book. You can hear her voice in the way it is written, just as she speaks. Her recipes are clear and straight forward. She doesn't pull any punches. I plan on cooking every one of these recipes eventually. I have never gone wrong with any of her recipes, they always turn out great, and my family loves them as well.
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Kathryn (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
My only regret about this cookbook is that I have neglected for so long to type my review. I really love Ina Garten, her cookbooks, and her Food Network show. She has such a relaxed, engaging, lovely way about her, and it certainly translates to her recipes. I am a fairly adventurous cook, and so have used lots of complicated recipes, and respect many of the chefs cited in the very thorough review above by B. Marold. In my opinion, though, this cookbook is absolutely tops for recreating the taste, feel, and experience of French bistro food. Also, every single recipe I have made turns out beautifully every time. I place a very high value on reliability, but an even higher value on taste, and this book delivers both! Highly recommended!
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