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New World Provence: Modern French Cooking for Friends and Family

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There are reasons why French cooking enjoys a world-wide reputation for the excellence of its cuisine. Now the husband-and-wife team of Alessandra and Jean-Francis Quaglia (proprietor-chefs of the immently respected Provence Mediterranean Grill and the Provence Marinaside restaurants in Vancouver, Canada) have compiled "New World Provence: Modern French Cooking For Friends And Family", a cookbook collection featuring an impressive series of simple but elegant recipes specifically designed for the palates and preferences of contemporary North Americans. Graced with beautiful full color photography of finished dishes, "New World Provence" recipes are enhanced with a succinct anecdotal introduction introducing the recipe, which then lists the necessary ingredients and a series of thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' instructions for preparing the dish. From such gourmet delicacies as Stewed Squid in Tomato Saffron Sauce, to such hearty fare as Warm Potato Salad with L'Ancienne Mustard Vinaigrette, to impressive entrees like Seared Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine & Peppercorn Jus, to dessert delicacies such as a Lemon Tart, "New World Provence" is an elegant and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook collections.

Quickly stated. Good book. Nice use of pictures to accompany the recipe. Nice amalgam of old style french cuisine and modern nouvelle cuisine. It is an immature and unreasonable review to criticize a book due to a particular worldview. I am a vegetarian, have been for decades this does not affect my choices in cookbooks. I realize people eat meet, i try to be creative and prepare the recipe just as tasty without the meat.

I wanted to like it. There are some great veggie recipes in here. But BBQing PETS is NOT OK in my book! It's bad enough people eat tortured farm animals. But now we have to go grocery shopping in our local pet stores? We don't eat dogs and cats. Why is it OK to eat rabbits? They can be litter-trained. I know, I have 4 house rabbits. And they're the most affectionate, intelligent, playful little beings you could ever meet. So why are they on the menu here? Because some ancient civilization used to, still does, eat them? Well men used to drag women by the hair into the caves too. Thank God that's now antiquated. When are you going to catch up?