The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book vs The Cooking of South-West France: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book Alice B. Toklas · 1954 ★★★★☆ 4.0 296 pages · ≈ 5 h 29 m · Moderate
“THE French approach to food is characteristic; they bring to their consideration of the table the same appreciation, respect, intelligence and lively interest that they have for the other arts, for painting, for literature and for the theatre.”

"A collection of traditional French recipes... [and] memories of Paris... and of rural France, Spain, and America"--P. [4] of cover.

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Cover of The Cooking of South-West France The Cooking of South-West France Paula Wolfert · 1983 ★★★★☆ 3.8 356 pages · ≈ 6 h 36 m · Moderate

Recipes for sauces, soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, vegetables, and desserts capture the flavor of traditional and contemporary French cooking.

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The Alice B. Toklas Cook BookThe Cooking of South-West France
Ratings 920 1
Editions 29 14
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 501 —
Pages 296 356

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