Elegant Entertaining: Seasonal Recipes from the American Ambassador's Residence in Paris

by Dorothy Walker Stapleton

Hardcover, 2009

Status

Call number

Holiday, Entertaining, Celebration -- STA

Call number

Holiday, Entertaining, Celebration -- STA

Publication

Flammarion (2009), Hardcover, 160 pages

Description

Forty recipes combine American flair with French style and offer inspiration for refined entertaining.In the heart of Paris's exclusive Faubourg St. HonorĂ© neighborhood, the magnificent nineteenth century residence of the American ambassador to France is the center of Franco-American relations and the site of elegant entertaining. Nearly every day of the year, master chef Philippe Excoffier prepares dazzling meals and parties for foreign dignitaries, French friends of America, and Americans in Paris. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Excoffier shares forty of his favorite recipes, including grilled veal with sage sauce and stuffed zucchini flowers, a new twist on French toast with roasted pineapple and rum raisin ice cream, and wild strawberries and cognac in dark chocolate baskets. Excoffier also reinvents American classics such as the Fourth of July picnic and Thanksgiving dinner. Specially commissioned photography sets the recipes against the backdrop of the residence's splendid interiors. Partial proceeds of the book will be donated to FXB, a charity dedicated to fighting childhood poverty and AIDS.… (more)

Physical description

160 p.; 12.32 inches
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