This cookbook is a whole way of life.
Superb food, fine wine and the perfect blending of both into a series of menus for memorable lunches and dinners, together with the unique French Alpine recipes that build each meal--these are the ingredients of this remarkable book, now considered a classic.. de Groot returned to the inn to record their recipes for natural country soups, hearty winter stews, roasted meats, pates, terrines, and fruity and spirituous desserts--the best of French cooking.
Impressed by the devotion of its owners to perpetuating the tradition of supreme country dining, Mr. -Julia Child In the high Alpine valley of Le Grande Chartreuse, Roy Andreis de Groot discovered by accident a charming and unpretentious little inn L\'Auberge de l\'Atre Fleuri.
I think people would just love it, as it is not like anything else around.
I find it fascinating.
What care, love, and work have gone into it.
This cookbook is a whole way of life