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Authors: Elizabeth David
French Provincial Cooking (127 page)
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1
Heinemann 1956 edition.
2
A Ramble through Normandy,
George M. Musgrave, 1855.
George M. Musgrave, 1855.
3
The nearest English equivalent of this famous lake fish is char, which used to be fished in the Cumberland and Westmorland lakes, but is now, I believe, very rare.—E. D.
4
Editions Touristiques et Littéraires, 6, rue Lamartine, Bourg, 1954.
5
The author means its reputation as an aphrodisiac.
6
What Shall We Have Today?
Heinemann, 1931.
Heinemann, 1931.
7
See also the paragraph on the liaison of sauces, the rescue of a spoiled sauce, etc., page 76.
8
La Fleur de la Cuisine Française,
Vol. II.
Vol. II.
9
Approximately 8 fluid ounces.
10
This restaurant has now changed hands. Of the new owners or of the present state of the cooking I know nothing.
11
See page 142.
12
La Véritable Cuisine Provençale et Niçoise.
13
Collins 1953. Re-issued 1960 as
A visit to Don Otavio.
A visit to Don Otavio.
14
Penguin, 3s. 6d.
15
The cut shown in the drawing on page 153.
16
These should include miniature
rascasses,
too small to be of use for the
bouillabaisse
, little rock fish called
rouquiers
and
girelles
and a piece of sea-eel.
rascasses,
too small to be of use for the
bouillabaisse
, little rock fish called
rouquiers
and
girelles
and a piece of sea-eel.
17
Bruno Cassirer, Oxford. Translated by Peggie Benton.
18
Seed potatoes of the fir-apple pink variety can be obtained from Suttons of Reading. Try also Phoenix Garden Bulb Co Ltd, 15 Great George Street, Bristol.
19
See page 88.
20
i.e. a sharp paring knife, to scrape the gritty stalks.
21
A spiky, spiny rock-fish sometimes called a sea-scorpion.
22
A fish of the same family as the gurnard.
23
Cabanons
are the huts of the
gardians
of the Camargue.
are the huts of the
gardians
of the Camargue.
24
See the recipe for
brandade
above.
brandade
above.
25
About
pint.
pint.26
See the right-hand drawing on page 334.
27
See page 73.
28
See the drawing on page 61.
29
The districts of Soissons and Arpajon are both noted for the excellence of the beans grown there.
30
This word refers to the town of Vienne on the Rhône, not to the Austrian capital.
31
Comment on Forme une Cuisinère.
32
See the list of shops selling French kitchen utensils, page 69.
33
See foregoing recipe
34
An English translation, retaining the French title, has recently (1965) been published by Hamlyn.
35
Quintessencier
is the delightful word in the original.
is the delightful word in the original.
36
Christopher Driver’s
The British at Table
, reviewed in the
Times Literary Supplement
15.7.1983.
The British at Table
, reviewed in the
Times Literary Supplement
15.7.1983.
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