By Chronicle Books
The Brasserie Cookbook
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Turn your home into a chic French brasserie with help from France's acclaimed La Nouvelle Garde. With a menu for each day of the week broken into breakfast and dinner options, learn to cook modern yet authentic rustic French fare at home. Recipes like Sausage Stuffed Brioche, Onion Soup, Haricot Verts with Sauce Gribiche, Steak au Poivre, Cassoulet, Parisian Flan, and Clafoutis will transport you to one of Nouvelle Garde's cozy French brasseries. A basics section details all of the stocks, sauces, pickles, and pâtes that round out the recipes, and a primer on setting the table, the French way, will transform the way you cook and host at home. This book is the ultimate gift for the Francophile in your life, but even those new to French food and entertaining will be able to transform their next dinner parties with The Brasserie Cookbook.
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