The Kitchen Book & the Cook Book

by Nicholas Freeling, John Lawrence (Illustrator)

Overview

For cooks who love to read, here are two gastronomical memoirs in one volume that are funny, wise, full of inspiration and delight.

Nicolas Freeling began his working life as an apprentice cook in a large French hotel and his writing is drawn from those experiences. This is a delicious blend of the culinary and the literary, and include such recipes as cinnamon lamb stew and bouillabaisse, all charmingly floating about in a consistently entertaining text.

The Kitchen Book & The Cook Book will find a place close to any cook’s heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879238629
Publisher:	David R. Godine, Publisher
Publication date:	09/08/2015
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.78(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

Nicolas Freeling became famous for his crime novels, especially his Van der Valk series. His novels have both popular and critical appeal and received awards including an Edgar Award, a French Grand Prix, and a Gold Dagger Award. In later years, he wrote a series of cookbooks and, in keeping with his reputation as a master of suspense, Freeling’s cookbooks are as engaging as a whodunnit mystery.

Editorial Reviews

Sensitively civilized and very European . . . absolutely delightful to read.”—The London Times

“Nicolas Freeling is the author of two of the best books about cooking in the English language. The Kitchen Book and The Cook Book have long been favorites of mine. That they will appear under one cover, with the original illustrations, is fine news indeed.”—M. F. K. Fisher

From the Publisher