“Recipes and stories”
After We are going to taste (France, Italy et Paris)François-Régis Gaudry invites us into his own kitchen. His latest work, Recipes and storiesbrings together the favorite recipes of the host and culinary critic heard on the radio and seen on TV: Martine's lemon cake, Anne-Sophie Pic's tarragon chicken, the caramel cream from her childhood.. In total, 155 “popular or bourgeois, street food or gourmet, slow-cooked or out of the cupboard, Corsican, Italian, Balkan, Asian” recipes and the stories associated with them.
Recipes and storiesby François-Régis Gaudry (Marabout editions). 352 pages, €35.
Asian recipes without bla-bla
After the no-nonsense Cocktails and Aperitifs and the no-nonsense Salad Meals, it’s time for Asian cuisine! And there too, it's without bla-bla since the recipes consist only of drawings of the ingredients, with the quantities, the technical actions to be carried out and a very appetizing photo of the result. Ideal for those who know nothing about Thai chicken ramen, fried rice with shrimp, soy and peas, or even ginger pork stir-fry, and who want to heat up their wok. This book will even make you say: “But it doesn’t seem that complicated to make egg rolls!” »
Asian recipes without blah-blah (Larousse editions). 224 pages, €19.95.
“Tasty pastries”
Pastry chefs Christophe Felder and Camille Lesecq never stop delighting us with their works. With Les Savoureuses viennoiseries, the duo, at the head of the boutique Les pÂtisssiers, in Alsace, offers to start making croissant dough, clementine danish, a thin strawberry brioche tart or even a 'a cinnamon braid. And for those who are afraid of embarking on the famous “tourage”, know that the pastry chefs, as usual, give many tips so as not to miss anything, as well as a very educational step-by-step photo guide.
The tasty pastries, by Christophe Felder and Camille Lesecq (editions of La Martinière). 240 pages, €35.
Cloé's nuggets
Cloé Amat is a pastry chef with a huge following on social networks, with almost 450,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. She delivers recipes that can be found on the Internet but also exclusive recipes, which are designed to be affordable for everyone, provided that you have a small level of baking skills. Some classics like the coconut rock are ultra-simple to make. The book opens with practical advice and information (techniques and equipment) and basic recipes, such as shortcrust pastry, choux pastry, the use of the piping tip, and salted butter caramel.
Cloé's nuggetsby Cloé Amat (editions Albin Michel) 224 pages, €24.90.
The eye of wine
The first contact with a wine is not its aromas on the nose or on the palate, but rather its color, its “dress”, as they nicely say. And everything is not as simple as white, red, rosé. In The eye of wine, Reading the colors of wineFlorence de La Rivière, color designer, offers an aesthetic and scientific vision of wines, making us understand their chromatic diversity, much greater than the 200 pages of this large format book, with very beautiful photographs, can contain. Ink, purple, ruby, garnet, tile, pearly gray, coral, orange, onion skin, gold, amber… We end up understanding that tasting wine with the eyes is an art that has everything to do with it. with the paint.
The eye of wine, Reading the colors of wineby Florence de la Rivière with Benédicte Bortoli, photographs by Jérôme Bryon (editions of La Martinière).
216 pages, 45 €.
The Loire, culinary treasures
It is a book which was born from the passion of a cook, Christophe Hay, for his region: the central Loire. Located on the banks of the river, in Blois, with his two Michelin star restaurant, Fleur de Loire, the chef from Loir-et-Cher ended up abandoning sea fish on his menu, to give freshwater fish the spotlight. first place. All fish, pike, carp, gudgeon, tench, catfish, etc. The book is organized around twenty fish, a description and the chef's recipes (around fifty). Several portraits, including that of a Loire fisherman (Sylvain Arnoult), as well as debarking techniques make it a work made for professionals, but also experienced amateurs and lovers of the Loire and freshwater fishing.
The Loire, culinary treasuresby Christophe Hay with Hélène Luzin. photographs by Guillaume Czerw (editions La Martinière).
256 pages, 45 euros.
Wednesdays in the rain
Wednesdays in the rain is the title of Maéva Gruaz's DIY blog. The designer based in Haute-Loire (in Céaux-d'Allègre) is releasing her third book, this time dedicated to Christmas decorations, to be made as a family, and easily accessible to children from the age of five. Beautiful personalized greeting cards, decorations for the table and for the home, little characters to make with cardboard (and others), a pair of scissors, glue and markers, colored pencils. Templates are available at the end of the book and for download.
Rainy Wednesdays in Christmas Kingdomby Maéva Gruaz (Albin Michel editions).
Marion Chavot, Philippe Cros and Pauline Mareix
