Rotis: Roasts for Every Day of the Week [Hardcover]

Stephane Reynaud (Author), Frederic Lucano (Photographer), Melissa McMahon (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 2011

From the authority on soulful French cooking and author of Pork and Sons comes a definitive guide to roasting fish and meat, featuring 100 essential recipes

Think roasting takes all day? Not so, says bestselling chef Stéphane Reynaud.

Whether it’s “Grandma’s roast beef ” or “veal with an Indian accent,” nothing says hearty French food like a roast. Now, with Rôtis, celebrated French chef Stéphane Reynaud shows that roasts aren’t just for Sundays. With recipes requiring as little as five minutes of preparation and with cooking times as little as 20 minutes, Reynaud suggests roasts for every day of the week: beef on Monday, veal on Tuesday, poultry on Wednesday, pork on Thursday, fish on Friday, lamb on Saturday, and all the rest on Sunday.

And to accompany the feast, try the assortment of side dishes for every season, including a sumptuous slow-cooked ratatouille for the summer and traditional gratin dauphinois in the winter.

Written in straightforward steps, with helpful suggestions for everything from tying a roast, keeping it moist, to serving your guests, and making use of leftovers (a Sunday night “TV sandwich”?), each recipe is accompanied by mouthwatering photographs and presented in a charming format that brings the delightful style of French markets into your home.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The recipes ... remind you of just how simple, and basic, the art of roasting really is. And on a cold, rainy, windy day, there is little more comforting than the most basic instruction of all: 'Heat the oven.'"
—The Los Angeles Times

Praise for Stéphane Reynaud
“Offers recipes for every course and appetite... The son of a butcher, Reynaud grew up eating all manner of meat, innards and scraps, a kind of ratatouille of the flesh... well suited to adherents of the nose-to-tail, no-waste philosophy.”
—Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Magazine

"With Reynaud’s books, I always feel as if I can understand just where it is that French food comes from. The dishes tend toward hearty, approachable fare from the French countryside, but the recipes can guide a home cook to new comfort with a sometimes intimidating cuisine.”
—Don and Samantha Lindgren, owners of Rabelais in Portland, Maine, in Bon Appetit

“It might be presumptuous to say that anything could be a one-stop resource on rustic French cooking, but Reynaud’s door-stopper cookbook comes pretty close.”
—Booklist

“Always with excitement do I open a cookbook by Stéphane Reynaud.... This is the type of book to put next to your night table and read a few pages before going to sleep and to dream of marvelous feasts.”
—Colette Rossant, Super Chef

About the Author

Stéphane Reynaud comes from the Ardèche plateau in France, where his grandfather was the village butcher. Brought up on the traditions of French cooking, Reynaud is now owner of Villa 9 Trois in Montreuil, near Paris—a highly regarded restaurant that specializes in pork. Reynaud has appeared on national TV and radio, including The Martha Stewart Show and NPR’s The Splendid Table. He is the author of Pork & Sons (2007), Terrine (2008), and French Feasts (2009).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Melville House (October 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935554654
• ISBN-13: 978-1935554653
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.9 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking by Ingredient > Meat, Poultry & Seafood > Meats
  • #85 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > French

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Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love rustic ideas, December 25, 2009

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kingk (MT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rotis (Hardcover)

I've never been dissappointed by any of Stephane Reynaud's cookbooks, I've got all I could lay my hands on. It's rustic, honest, French home cooking. If you like food without pretense, he's your guy.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic and very useful!, January 10, 2010

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E. Hafer (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rotis (Hardcover)

When we were in Paris, my wife and I had a chance to eat at Stephane Reynaud's restaurant. The food was wonderful (best of my life) and we even got to meet Stephane, who was an extremely nice man. All of his books reflect this - world class food presented in a thoughtful and accessable manner.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, and easy!, December 5, 2011

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Book Babe (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rotis: Roasts for Every Day of the Week (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful cookbook! I was a little nervous about it being French food--that it would be too difficult or "fancy". But everything is very simple to do, and explained beautifully. As a novice cook, I never felt over my head. And my "Grand Ma" roast was really delicious. It was polished off in one sitting, with our guests wanting the recipe. I look forward to cooking more! Sunday here I come!