This title includes 60 traditional and evocative recipes from the French countryside. It features authentic mouth-watering dishes, from simple salads to delectable meat, fish and vegetable dishes, and classic pastries, cakes and desserts. It is beautifully illustrated with over 280 photographs, including easy to follow step-by-step instructions and glorious coloured pictures of every finished dish. It offers professional cook's tips throughout ensure success. It discusses about uncomplicated, robust and delicious food using the best seasonal produce. This book brings together a fabulous selection of over 60 authentic recipes from all over France, that evoke the traditional flavours of this rich and diverse cuisine. The preparation and presentation of these recipes is uncontrived and uncomplicated and suitable for a variety of occasions, from family meals to formal entertaining. Many traditional favourites are included, such as French Onion Soup, Salad Nicoise, Moules Marinieres, and Toulouse Cassoulet, as well as less well-known but equally delicious dishes, such as Potato Salad with Sausage, Courgette and Tomato Bake, and Lentils with Bacon. There is also a wide range of desserts and pastries including a luscious Lemon Tart and a wonderfully rustic Apple Tart that is simplicity itself to make, as well as the classic Creme Caramel.