3 days before Christmas Eve, Laurent Mariotte and his columnists help you choose last minute gift ideas. This is happening with your bookstores.
The bon vivant table gives you last minute gift ideas this Saturday. Luana Belmondo recommends a book: “The cuisine of the Italian lakes”, by Catherine Roig and Emanuela Cino. The opportunity to discover this cuisine rooted in the Italian region, quite unknown. Especially since the book is a beautiful object with great recipes, at a reasonable price: 34 euros.
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Yves Camdeborde advises delving into “Le Château”, published by Entorse. This book tells the story of a restaurant: Le Chateaubriand, by Inaki Aizpitarte. And this, through testimonies from people who have visited the table / or who have worked in this restaurant. It is a very beautiful object, published in 2,000 copies! It costs 55 euros.
Finally, Laurent Mariotte receives Jean-Claude Ribaut, author of the Gourmet Dictionary of Good Drinking and Good Eating, published by Editions du Rocher. Another gift idea: signed by the former gastronomic columnist of Le Monde. In the 900 pages, he addresses many different subjects: a view that flowed in the years after the nouvelle cuisine… He gives advice on choosing foie gras or on capon, like “capon loupé”?
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Theoretically, these failed and cheap capons can be found at all major poultry merchants, explains Jean-Claude Ribaut. It's a good deal since its flesh is marbled and well fattened. The book costs 24 euros.
