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French roots, two cooks, two countries, and the beautiful food along the way, Jean-Pierre Moullé and Denise Lurton Moullé ; foreword by Patricia Unterman

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French roots

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Jean-Pierre Moullé and Denise Lurton Moullé ; foreword by Patricia Unterman

two cooks, two countries, and the beautiful food along the way

Jean-Pierre and Denise Moullé met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. French Roots is the story of their lives told through the food they cook -- beginning with the dishes of old-world France, the couple's birthplace, and focusing on the simple, pared-down preparations of French food common in the postwar period. The story then travels to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s, where Jean-Pierre was appointed executive chef at Chez Panisse when California cuisine was just emerging as a distinctive and important style, and where Denise began importing French wine. Finally, the journey follows the couple to their homes in Sonoma, California, and Bordeaux to revisit the classic dishes of the Moullés' native country and hone the forgotten skills of foraging, hunting, and preserving. --Publisher's description

French family life -- Life in Berkeley in the Seventies -- Back to Bordeaux -- Denise in the kitchen -- In the kitchen at Chez Panisse -- Aperitifs and toasts