Presents over fifty recipes for these baked dishes with a creamy interior and a crisp topping, in both sweet and savory varieties, using readily available ingredients and scant preparation time.

In France, people take pride in preserving the recipes of their regional heritage and deeply rooted traditions. What has remained true over time is that the French have a determined hold on their beloved regional classic dishes, the ones they grew up with that their mothers and grandmothers and grandmothers before them made-French comfort food. Collected here are recipes from friends and acquaintances Hillary Davis has made while living in France,...

It is rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It is even rarer when that someone is a middl0--aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station. And yet, that is exactly what Julia Child did. The warble voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and joyous rule breaker as she touched...

"Has now been updated to add the latest advancements that have forever changed the way we cook, including modern technological methods, such as sous-vide cooking and molecular gastronomy. All-new color ingredient-identification photographs give this edition a fresh, elegant look. And...Larousse features more than 400 reportage photos--candid images of upscale restaurants from around the world--that give behind-the-scenes access into the kitchens where...

The #1 "New York Times bestselling author of "French Women Don't Get Fat "offers a long-awaited collection of delicious, healthy recipes and advice on eating well without gaining weight.