Tag: Bistro Cooking
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club -review by Joanne Tracey
Have I ever told you about the time when we were road-tripping with a friend through France and Grant decided he wanted to try andouillette? It was in a little place named Saint-Gengoux-le-National, about halfway between Marigny L’Eglise (where we’d been staying in Burgundy) and Lyon. There were a couple of lovely looking bistros in…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club review by Jeen and Michiel
Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells Think France, think Paris, a nice small bistro in a small street, off centre, 15th arrondissement, nothing fancy and not a Michelin star in sight. It’s 12.00, time for a quick lunch. You enter the restaurant, take a seat and order today’s dish, the plat du jour. It turns out…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club review by Donna Connolly
Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells Most simply, a bistro is “a small neighborhood restaurant serving home-style, substantial fare…. In bistros, people don’t whisper, they shout, and diners are on a first-name basis with the harried waitress…. You might not even get to choose what you eat or drink. The patron may usurp this right. And…
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Cookbook Confidential Review by John Rieber
Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells Hi there, It is my pleasure to share John Rieber’s review of Bistro Cooking by Patricia Wells. John had the great fortune of cooking with Patricia Wells and was excited to share her cookbook with us. Bistro Cooking” with Patricia Wells – Swordfish with Piperade Review By John Rieber I…
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Cookbook Confidential Cookbook Club reviews BISTRO COOKING written by Patricia Wells
“Bistro cooking is good, traditional food, earnestly made and honestly displayed. It is earthy, provincial, or bourgeois; as befits that kind of food, it is served in ample portions.” David Liederman Hi there, For the autumn edition of our Cookbook Club, John Rieber (https://biteeatrepeat.com) suggested Patricia Wells’ excellent cookbook. I was all in because I…
