Pierre Franey Cooks With His Friends: With Recipes from Top Chefs in France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium & the Netherlands

Franey, Pierre with Jensen, Claudia Franey

ISBN 10: 1885183607 / ISBN 13: 9781885183606

Published by Artisan, New York, 1997

About this Item

CK1 - A first edition hardcover book signed by Claudia Franey Jensen and inscribed to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, and few taped tears on the edges and corners, ligth discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, wrinkling on some edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Photographs by Martin Brigdale and jean Cazals. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pierre Franey Cooks With His Friends: With Recipes from Top Chefs in France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium & the Netherlands
• Publisher: Artisan, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885183607
• ISBN 13: 9781885183606
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cookbooks & Entertaining

About this title

Synopsis

For this book, the late Pierre Franey---originator of the popular "60-minute Gourmet" column for The New York Times, author of thirteen books, and star of the popular PBS cooking shows "Cuisine Rapid," "Cooking in America," and "Cooking in France"--traveled throughout Europe, cooking with seventeen friends. All are top chefs or restaurateurs who have recognized the need to cook in a lighter, healthier way, both for their costumers and for themselves. In France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, these chefs combine moderate amounts of butter, cheese, and oil with fresh local produce and masterful combinations of herbs to create healthy, satisfying, and delicious food.

Among Franey's friends were Paul Bocuse, Michel Guerard, and Marc Meneau in France; Fredy Girardet in Switzerland; Pierrs Wynants of Comme Chez Soi in Belgium; and Antonio Belles of the tapas bar in the Hotel Arts in Barcelona. These world-famous chefs provide both classic and innovative recipes, such as Bocuse's Black Bass with a Potato Crust, and Guerard's Pan con Tomate, a staple of Catalonian cuisine. Franey contributed some one hundred of his own health-conscious recipes, inspired by watching his friends cook and visiting their local markets. These include such tempting dishes as Spicy Shrimp and Squid Salad, Penne with Baby Spinach and Fresh Peas, and Sauteed Apples in Calvados.

The result of Franey's journey is an international sampling of delicious health-conscious cooking from great European chefs and from Graney himself, who was one of America's most loved culinary figures.

About the Authors

Martin Brigdale is a well-known British photographer specializing in food. He has photographed many cookbooks in England and the Untied States, including Foods of Greece, The Mediterranean Pantry, Michel Roux Desserts, and French Country Cooking. He is an enthusiastic home cook and loves to travel.

Jean Cazals was born in France and lived in Paris and Geneva before settling in London. His photographs have appeared in many magazines, including Elle, Vogue Entertaining Australia, and The Independent Magazine.

Claudia Franey Jensen collaborated with her father, Pierre Franey, on Pierre Franey Cooks with His Friends.

Pierre Franey came to the United States to work in the restaurant of the French Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair and stayed on to become the executive chef of two great French restaurants in New York: Le Pavillon and La Cote Basque. He originated the "60-Minute Gourmet" column for The New York Times in 1976. He died in October 1996.