Review of Cuisine Naturelle: French Cooking Redefined (Hardcover)

He just gets it
Wonderful recipes with good but not overwhelming directions.Light adaptations of traditional favorites without any loss of flavor.This is now dog eared and much used and sits alongside David, Olney and others.

Product Description
From celebrated chef Jean François Méteigner, Cuisine Naturelle is a uniquely accessible cookbook that features the best of French fare with all of the flavor, but only a fraction of the fat. Renowned for his revolutionary approach to French cooking, Méteigner shares 140 time-tested recipes from contemporary interpretations of the classics to adaptations of Mama Méteigner's comfort food dishes that are as light and delicious as they are rich in the tradition of French family-style cuisine.

About the Author
Jean François Méteigner is the chef/owner of La Cachette, which was named by Esquire as one of the top French restaurants in Los Angeles and one of the best new restaurants in the country when it opened in 1994. Since then, La Cachette has won many culinary awards.

Brigit Legere Binns is a food consultant, editor, and author or co-author of several cookbooks, including Polenta.

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Review of Arrazat's Aubergines: Inside a Languedoc Kitchen (Paperback)

A narrative of a year spent inside the kitchen of an ambitious young chef in the Languedoc region of France. This is not a cookbook, it is a story of one man's dream as he follows a year of working in the kitchen, visiting suppliers, investigation that region of France (on the Med, not too far from the Spanish border). It's a story of love. Mr. Moon has clearly discovered where he wants to be and has been able to arrange his life so that he can be there.

He reports that all of these stories are true, well, if not exactly true, they are inspired by real experience. It's a fun book

Product Description
How, exactly, does a young restaurateur set up business in rural France? In his delightful sequel to Virgile's Vineyard, about Languedoc's winemakers, Patrick Moon offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life in a serious French kitchen.

Rich in truffles, oysters, olives, and eggplants, the Languedoc region of France is a gourmet's paradise. It's also full of wonders to explore: the secrets of olive oil and salt production, the Roquefort caves, the miracle of the sparkling Perrier Springs. But is it the perfect place for an ambitious young chef to open a restaurant? Intrigued by Laurent Arrazat's determination to achieve perfection on a shoestring, Patrick Moon rolls up his sleeves and pitches in. For a year, he shares in the triumphs, disasters, and sheer hard work of restaurant life. By turns informative and funny, this is a captivating tale of culinary ambition, mishap, and discovery.

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