LEBOVITZ,
David, Masterpieces of French Cuisine, David
Lebovitz: living the sweet life in Paris, February 27, 2012.
Abstract : Chef David Lebovitz speaks about his french
cookbooks.
Quotation : “When I moved to France a number of years ago, the
hardest things to part with were my cookbooks. (And San Francisco burritos.)
Some I shipped ahead – which, as readers of my Paris book know, I’m still waiting for today. Some got boxed and
put in storage, and the rest were sold or given away. One of my favorite books
of all time was brought to my attention by a woman who ate in the kitchen at
Chez Panisse a few times a week. Back then, it wasn’t trendy to be seated where
the cooks were working, which are now called “chefs tables” and they’ve become
so popular that restaurants actually put tables frequently in the kitchens and
guests can reserve them. She just preferred to be back in the kitchen with us,
rather than with the rest of the diners. Since we all liked her a lot,
and not just because she regularly brought us in French pastries and Belgian
chocolates, but because she was a lot of fun. She held court at that table for
perhaps a decade and she even entered through the kitchen door when dining with
us because she wanted to be “part of the gang.” She loved to eat everything,
especially lobster and frais des bois (or anything with butter, really), but she had a soft
spot for pastries and her table was next to where I worked, so I spent a lot of
time talking about food with her. Knowing I liked cookbooks, one day she
brought me in a copy of a large-format cookbook from her collection to read – Masterpieces of French Cuisine. [...]”
Index terms: masterpieces french cuisine, cookbook, David
Lebovitz.
Found with : google alert “french cuisine”.
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