Cookbooks I Recommend

For a great, simple and easy French cooking cookbook, I suggest Ina Garten's (The Barefoot Contessa) "Barefoot in Paris."
It has excellent recipes that are easy to follow. Be sure to try my favorite. The Ile Flottante with Creme Anglaise. I have made this many times and it is fantastic!
Riverside library has this cookbook in their collection.




My favorite bread cookbook is Rose Levy Beranbaum's "The Bread Bible." This has every type of bread you would ever want to make. Some are challenging, others are simple. I have made some and they are great.
Riverside library has this cookbook in their collection.







For Cakes, again I turn to Rose Levy Beranbaum and her "Cake Bible" Cookbook. You can challenge yourself with so many of these recipes or simply take the easy route and pick out the quick and easy recipes. Either way, this book is full of great cake recipes.
Riverside library has this cookbook in their collection.







For true French Cooking, I really like the original of all French Cooking Cookbooks, Escoffier's "Recipes From The French Classic Tradition." (Recipes are from his massive Cookbook "Le Guide Culinaire" which contains over 500o recipes.) He is credited with creating many of the basic French Classics still served today. This version of his cookbook is illustrated which makes it easier to see what the recipes should look like. Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) was probably France's most important chef. He was the chef at the Grand Hotel in Monte Carlo, The London Savoy, The Grand Hotel In Rome and the Hotel National in Lucerne.

Riverside library has this cookbook in their collection. Try it. True French Cooking at it's best.