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CHOCOLATE and ZUCCHINI: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen by CLOTILDE DUSOULIER new softcover
CHOCOLATE AND ZUCCHINI
Daily Adventures in a Parisian
Kitchen
by CLOTILDE DUSOULIER
Brand new softcover book, 272 pages, gorgeous colour
photos throughout. This book is the US publication and has measurements in cups
and spoons, not metric measurements. I have it in stock, ready for immediate
dispatch. It is not ordered from the US and doesn't take weeks to get to you.
Clotilde Dusoulier is a twenty-seven-year-old Parisian who adores sharing her
love of all things food-related—recipes, inspirations, restaurant experiences,
and above all the pleasure of cooking with the fresh ingredients found in her
local Montmartre shops. But her infatuation with food was born not in her
mother’s Parisian kitchen, but in San Francisco, where she moved after college
and discovered a new world of tastes. When she returned to her beloved France,
her culinary exploits inspired her popular and critically acclaimed blog, ChocolateandZucchini.com.
In her first book, Clotilde provides a glimpse into the life of a young
Parisian as she savors all that the city has to offer and shares her cooking
philosophy in the form of more than 75 recipes that call for healthy ingredients
(such as zucchini) and more indulgent tastes (such as chocolate). The Los
Angeles Times calls her recipes "simple, charming, and fun."
Clotilde arranges her book into three sections. The first, Simplicité
(Simplicity), includes salads, sandwiches, savory tarts, soups and eggs. Part
two is Invitation (Entertaining) and features recipes for hors d'oeuvres,
"impromptu" dinners like Hand-Cut Steak Tartare, dinner party fare
such as Comté Cheese Soufflés, buffet items and sides. The final portion
concerns sweets, clearly Chlotilde's favorite. With scintillating recipes for
cakes (Apricot and Pistachio Ricotta), tarts (Blueberry Amandine), desserts
(Chocolate Hibiscus Crème Brûlée) and "sweet bites" (Orange Flower
Shuttle Cookies), this section brims with innovation.
Appetizers such as Cumin Cheese Puffs, sandwiches and tarts like Tomato Tatin,
soups like Chestnut and Mushroom, main dishes including Mustard Chicken Stew,
and desserts like Chocolate and Caramel Tart can all be found alongside menus
for entertaining, as well as tips for throwing cocktail or dinner parties with
French flair. Chocolate & Zucchini is the book for anyone who has
journeyed to Paris and can still recall the delicious flavors and aromas—or
for those of us who only dream about them.
Note: I am a long-time reader of the Chocolate and Zucchini blog, and a
long-standing member of and contributor to the Chocolate
and Zucchini forums, and I'm delighted to be able to offer this wonderful
new book to Clotilde's fans in Australia and New Zealand. If you haven't joined
the forums, please accept this as my invitation to you to come and join us. We'd
love to meet you there!
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