ItÆs true that some French food is elaborate and formal, but not all. Simple, country French food can be cooked in a way that is easy enough for a casual dinner or for entertaining at home. Dishes like blue cheese soufflT are so easy that they are worth mastering. And nothing gets a bigger ôwowö from friends than pulling a beautiful soufflT out of the oven. French cooking can even be simple. WouldnÆt your friends be delighted if you served them big bowls of steaming coffee with hot milk for breakfast and toasted baguettes slathered with butter and honey? For dinner forget all those fancy sauces that either take hours to prepare or have to be made at the last minute when everyoneÆs hungry. In this book youÆll find plenty of traditional recipes, such as scallops Provencal and chicken with forty cloves of garlic where the sauce actually happens in the cooking. And donÆt forget dessert! 240 pages.á
