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Simca's Cuisine
Simone Beck
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Description for Simca's Cuisine
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WBA; WBN; WBV; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 41.
Millions know Simone "Simca" Beck as Julia Child's French partner in creating the two unforgettable volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Simca's Cuisine offers the delectable recipes that Beck personally treasured most. She presents family specialties from the well-thumbed notebooks of her mother and grandmother as well as recipes from her life in Normandy, Alsace, and Provence where she gardened, cooked, and entertained. Skillfully adapting French ways to American needs, Simca's Cuisine gives us both simple delights and fabulous concoctions presented with elegant clarity and delightful illustrations. Menus range from informal dinners that include a beef, lamb, and ... Read more
Millions know Simone "Simca" Beck as Julia Child's French partner in creating the two unforgettable volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Simca's Cuisine offers the delectable recipes that Beck personally treasured most. She presents family specialties from the well-thumbed notebooks of her mother and grandmother as well as recipes from her life in Normandy, Alsace, and Provence where she gardened, cooked, and entertained. Skillfully adapting French ways to American needs, Simca's Cuisine gives us both simple delights and fabulous concoctions presented with elegant clarity and delightful illustrations. Menus range from informal dinners that include a beef, lamb, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Guilford, United States
ISBN
9780762792986
SKU
V9780762792986
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Ref
99-15
About Simone Beck
Simone "Simca" Beck was born in Normandy and studied at the Cordon Bleu, which Julia Child was attending when the two women met at a party. Together they wrote the landmark Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Beck traveled extensively in America and taught at James Beard's cooking school among others. She died in 1991.
Reviews for Simca's Cuisine
"The last of the great personal cookbooks to come out of France." —New York Times Book Review "Simply and brilliantly done." —Vogue"A personal statement by a distinctive, original cook." —Washington Post"A memoir of glorious eating." —New York magazine "Classic recipes never go out of style. There is no fuss and no frills in Simca's Cuisine, only solid, tasty, reliable dishes ... Read more