Customer Reviews

Williams-Sonoma Savoring Provence: Recipes and Reflections on Provencal Cooking

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Beautiful pictures, engaging discussions, delightful descriptions, and delicious recipes. I bought it as a HS graduation gift for an 18yo hopeful future chef - and I'm loathe to give it up!
Esp check out the Greek Mushroom - yeah, I know: it's a French cookbook, but it's more a Mediterranean cookbook, and Greece is in the Mediterranean, so...Anyway, try them.

By now I have tried almost ALL recipes in this book, this is how addictive it is... I began with the simple ones, like provencal herb chicken and pear pastry desert - and they all turned out outstanding. This encouraged me to try out new, more exotic ones. I have no doubt that the author has tried out all of the recipes, because each and every one of them turns out simply superb!

I found this book to be not only a great coffee table book but also a very good cook book. Whatever Chuck Williams & friends attach their name to is done in such excellent taste - the photographs are beautiful and even though the recipes look complicated, they are easy to follow. Diane gives little hints or suggestions before each recipe which help. The only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is because nothing is perfect.