ABC of French Food

by LENDEIGHTON (Author), Len Deighton (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  Based on notebooks that Len Deighton began writing as a student, this book demystifies the terms that puzzle us on menus and in cookery books and expands our knowledge of all aspects of French food. Packed with sketches, recipes and definitions of culinary terms, as well as his many personal views on dishes and ingredients, this is a book for cooks, diners and food lovers everywhere.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $4.51

  This personal guide to the author's favourite French food lists those ingredients and methods of cooking which are quintessentially French. Interspersed with recipes and anecdotes, this fully illustrated book also introduces the reader to the French way of shopping, cooking and dining. Len Deighton is perhaps best known for his spy thrillers such as The Ipcress File and The Billion Dollar Brain . His first collection of French recipes was Ou est le Garlic? (reissued as Basic French Cooking ).