Plats du Jour - Black, William

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Plats du JourAuthor(s): William Black\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Corgi Books\nISBN-13: 9780552167482, 978-0552167482\nSynopsis\nThere is more than a slight malaise in the air these days about French food and cooking. While the rest of the world delights in the intricacies of molecular gastronomy and even Britain is revelling in a culinary renaissance, in France the years of worship at the temple of the great god Michelin seem to have blinded them to change and evolution. Why is this? What is it about the French that causes them to be so blinkered about their food?\n\nPlats du Jour is an attempt to answer that question, as William Black explores the highways and byways of French cooking. Taking as his starting point the great tradition of French food, William tackles years of received wisdom and parochial food snobbery head on, though with his mind (and his mouth) firmly open... He eats tte de veau and fried cow's udder with his .