Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery
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Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery by Jane Grigson
Every town in France has at least one charcutier, whose windows are dressed with astonishing displays of good food; pates, terrines, galantines, jambon, saucissions sec and boudins. The charcutier will also sell olives, anchovies, condiments as well as various salads of his own creation, making a visit the perfect stop to assemble picnics and impromptu meals. But the real skill of the charcutier lies in his transformation of the pig into an array of delicacies; a trade which goes back at least as far as classical Rome, when Gaul was famed for its hams. First published in 1969 but unavailable for many years, Jane Grigson's Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery is a guidebook and a recipe book. She describes every type of charcuterie available for purchase and how to make them yourself. She describes how to braise, roast, pot-roast and stew all the cuts of pork, how to make terrines, how to cure your own ham and make your own sausages.
"Jane Grigson left to the English-speaking world a legacy of fine writing on food and cookery for which no exact parallel exists.." Alan Davidson "Jane Grigson likes to conjure. She is marvellous at putting food into a culture-context..." The Times
Jane Grigson (1928-1990) grew up in the northeast of England, where good dining is a way of life. She worked in art galleries and publishers' offices before becoming a translator after graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in English. Grigson started writing cooking articles for the Observer Colour Magazine in 1968. Nice Things is a collection of such critically acclaimed works. English Cuisine, Charcuterie and French Pork Cooking, and Mushroom Feast are among her many cookbooks. For her whole body of work, Grigson received the 2009 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame Book Award posthumously.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902304885 |
| ISBN 10 | 1902304888 |
| Title | Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery |
| Author | Jane Grigson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Grub Street Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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