Cookbook Bookclub - Around My French Table
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Food update:
Jim Bachis: Corn, Basil, Crab Salad
Chris: Cauliflower Bacon Gratin
Jacqueline: a TBD dessert
Natalie: Potato Leek Soup
Marian: Savory Cheese and Chive Bread w/ Lyonnaise Garlic and Herb Cheese Spread
Nina: Citrus Berry Terrine
Nikki: Salmon Rillettes and Salted Butter Breakups
Ofelia: French Onion Soup
Connie: Quiche
Linda: Beggar's Linguine
Barbie: "drinks"
The first cookbook bookclub was a success, and I think everyone left full of food and happy with Texas food! For those of you were not able to attend the last version, it is pretty simple. We meet once a month and bring food from the featured cookbook of the month.
This month’s cookbook is Around My French Table: More than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. Dorie is a prolific food writer that has a massive following. She had a close relationship with Julia Child and is known for making French food accessible. I have tried a couple of her recipes, and I have been pleased with the results.
When Julia Child told Dorie Greenspan, “You write recipes just the way I do,” she paid her the ultimate compliment. Called 'a culinary guru' by The New York Times, Dorie Greenspan is the award-winning author of nine cookbooks, a special correspondent for Bon Appetit magazine and a frequent guest on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Splendid Table. Her cookbooks include the bestseller, Baking with Julia, the book that accompanied Julia Child's PBS series; Desserts by Pierre Herme, which was named Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP); Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Herme; Paris Sweets, Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops; and, most recently, Baking: From My Home to Yours, which Amazon.com named as one of the top 50 books and one of the top 10 cookbooks of 2006. The book won a James Beard Foundation Award in 2007, the same year Dorie was inducted into the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America. Now in a big, personal, and personable book, Dorie captures all the excitement of French home cooking, sharing disarmingly simple dishes she has gathered over years of living in France. Samples: French Onion Soup, Beef Daube, Chocolate Mousse, Cheese and Olive Quick Bread, Potato Tortilla.
The cookbook is available on Amazon for $26.40 (or $13.75 for the Kindle version, which you do not have to own a Kindle to download – email me if you need more info). Los Angeles Public Library System has 30 copies, Orange County has 3, and Long Beach has 3. Dorie also has a website with many of her recipes, so you can use those if you prefer not to buy the book.
Here’s the link: http://doriegreenspan.com
Please, please, please add in your RSVP or the comments what you are bringing so we can avoid repeats. Also, be sure to bring Tupperware, so you can cart your favorites home. It is BYOB, and I will provide water, tea, and cokes. I will also provide the plates, cups, silverware, and napkins.
We hope to see you there!