French Cooking in Ten Minutes

Adapting to the Rhythm of Modern Life (1930)

Edouard de Pomiane

North Point Press

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A beautiful reprint of Edouard de Pomiane’s classic collection of recipes for simply prepared meals is more useful now than ever before. Illustrated with period pen and ink drawings, French Cooking in Ten Minutes offers an array of recipes for quick soups, extemporaneous sauces, egg and noodle dishes, preparing fish and meats, as well as vegetables, salads, and deserts.

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“Pomiane’s ten-minute cookbook is amazingly useful . . . I love all the quaintness that the Hymans have not tried to adapt or change.” – M. F. K. Fisher

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George  rated it  
Jan 18, 2012
I was hiking up a canyon in France, to see a waterfall in Vaucluse -- the "Fontane de Vaucluse". Oddly, there were various attractions along the trail and one of them turned about to be the Museum of the Resistance -- Musee de la Resistance -- where aspects of daily life during occupied F ...more
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Grace  rated it  
Oct 23, 2011
He cheats a little (cooked potatoes don't really count as an ingredient), but I love the overall theme of the book: healthy eating habits are a lifestyle choice, not a luxury. The shirred egg recipe has brightened many bland winter afternoons for me. ...more
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Annette  rated it  
Apr 22, 2008
this is a tiny book and one that you would not expect much from. who can cook anything in ten minutes, let alone french food? i bought it as a curiosity when i was buying some other french cookbooks online. well, edouard de pomaine was brilliant and witty. even if you never make a thing from this c ...more
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Edouard de Pomiane

Edouard de Pomiane was also a noted dietician who taught at the Institut Pasteur and perhaps the first food writer to consider the health implications of classical French cookery.

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French Cooking in Ten Minutes
Adapting to the Rhythm of Modern Life (1930)
Edouard de Pomiane

Trade Paperback

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
North Point Press
October 1994
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780865474802
ISBN10: 086547480X
5 x 7 inches, 176 pages
$12.00
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