New World Provence Modern French Cooking for Friends and Family

The book includes beautiful yet simple recipes which take advantage of meats, seafood, and vegetables abundant in Canadian markets across the country; in keeping with their contemporary flair, pan-cultural influences abound, yet all the while the recipes remain faithful to French traditions.

The recipes not only reflect North American sensibilities, but familial ones as well; authors Jean-Francis and Alessandra Quaglia are the parents of two young sons, and Jean-Francis's mother is a renowned chef in France who comes to Vancouver frequently to cook at her son's restaurants. These relationships pervade the book, which reveals how a common love and respect for food can be passed on from generation to generation, from the old world to the new.

Recipes include: Prawns with Chickpea Gallette; Whole Rabbit Barbecue; Bean and Wild Mushroom Ragout; Fresh Crab with Tomatoes and Fresh Herbs; Roasted Vegetable Tart; Sea Urchin on Bread; and New-Style Bouillabaisse.