Bistro Cooking

Bistro is warm. Bistro is family. Bistro is simple, hearty, generous cuisine-robust soups and country omelets, wine-scented stews and bubbling gratins, and desserts from a grandmother's kitchen. Researched and written by Patricia Wells, author of The Food Lover's Guide to Paris and The Food Lover's Guide to France, together with over 220,000 copies in print, here is a celebration of the no-nonsense, inexpensive, soul-satisfying cuisine of the neighborhood restaurants of France.
BISTRO COOKING contains over 200 scrumptious bistro recipes made lighter and quicker for the way we cook today. Warm Poached Sausage with Potato Salad. Benoit's Mussel Soup. Guy Savoy's Fall Leg of Lamb. Beef Stew with Wild Mushrooms and Orange, Chicken Basquaise, Pasta with Lemon, Ham, and Black Olives, L'Ami Louis' Potato Cake, Provencal Roast Tomatoes, Pears in Red Wine, and Golden Cream and Apple Tart.

Throughout, lively notes and sidebars capture the world of bistro owners in the kitchen, les grands chefs, and more. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Winner of the 1989 IACP Seagram Food and Beverage Award. Over 166,000 copies in print.

CONTENTS Introduction: Bistro as a Way of Life LES HOR D'OEUVRES, POUR VOUS METTRE EN APPETIT Appetizers, First Courses, and Palate Teasers LES SOUPES ET LES POTAGES DU JOUR Soups of the Day LES SALADES DU MARCHE Market Basket Salads LES PATES Pastas LES LEGUMES DE SAISON Seasonal Vegetables LES POMMES DE TERRE Potatoes LES OEUFS, LES FROMAGES, LES TERRINES, ET LES TARTES Eggs, Cheese, Terrines, and Tarts LES POISSONS ET LES FRUITES DE MER Fish and Shellfish LES VOLAILLES Poultry: Chicken, Duck, Guinea Hen, and Rabbit LES VIANDES, LES ROTIS, ET PLATS DU JOUR Meats, Roasts, and Daily Specials LES DESSERTS MAISON Homemade Desserts BASICS Pastries, Bread Dough, Sauces, and Stocks When in France Index