Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Jeffrey Fisher, Illustrator Chronicle Books $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8118-1235-1
Just when it seems that Proven al cuisine is almost old-fashioned, Brennan makes it new again. She and her husband bought their home in the fuzzily defined region of Haute Provence in 1970. While their children were small, they lived off their farm,
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Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Leigh Beisch, Photographer . Chronicle $19.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2494-1
Winner of the Julia Child Award for Aperitif
and
the James Beard Award for The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence, Brennan focuses her fourth book for Chronicle on "this pungent pantry trio." She explains how the colors of olives vary with...
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Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Faith Echtermeyer, Photographer Chronicle Books $12.95 (108p) ISBN 978-0-8118-0749-4
Part of the publisher's Garden Style series, this book is indeed stylish, but it's also insubstantial. Brennan (Beautiful Bulbs) offers helpful encouragement to neophyte rose growers but oversimplifies when explaining the how-to's of rose culture....
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Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, John Vaughan, Photographer Chronicle Books $22.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-8118-0474-5
Although France does not have a vegetarian tradition per se, Brennan (Potager) gathers 75 recipes that reflect the characteristic French insistence on ``ingredients that are fresh, seasonal, and regional.'' The opening section on basics includes...
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Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Grey Crawford, Photographer Chronicle Books $22.95 (156p) ISBN 978-0-8118-1990-9
Moving beyond the French table (Potager: Fresh Garden Cooking in the French Style; The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence), Brennan explores the light and easy side of Mediterranean-herb-inspired fare. This collection of 120 recipes features simple-t
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Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chuck Williams, Editor, Noel Barnhurst, Photographer Time Life Medical $39.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7370-2019-9
The latest entry in this Williams-Sonoma series provides a wide-ranging, if unsurprising, look at Gallic cuisine. Brennan (The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence) divides the recipes into appetizers, entr es, vegetables and desserts, and each dish...
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Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Chuck Williams, Editor, Dan Goldberg, Photographer , Photos by Dan Goldberg Ben Dearnley. Free Press $19.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7859-1
Fitting in squarely between Starters
and Desserts
, the two other volumes to date in the New Healthy Kitchen series edited by Chuck Williams, this richly illustrated volume proposes the rainbow approach to dining. It's not about calories or...
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Goergeanne Brennan, Author, Georgeanne Brennan, Author, Charlotte Glenn, With Aris Books $10.66 (108p) ISBN 978-0-201-17019-1
Diehard chile pepper lovers will clasp this ambitious book to their hearts, but others may pass on it entirely. The text instructs on the proper handling of hot peppers; not a Mexican cookbook as such, it does offer chile rellenos with various...
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