The Country Cooking of France (Chronicle Books, 2007)

Now you’ll be able to bring French regional cooking right into your own kitchen.  My latest book, THE COUNTRY COOKING OF FRANCE, from Chronicle Books, is now available.  Like La Varenne’s COUNTRY COOKING OF FRANCE course, the book takes you on a culinary journey through the traditions of the many distinct gastronomic regions of France.  Recipes range from time-honored favorites like Le Cassoulet de Toulouse to contemporary Crêpes au Caramel et Buerre Salé.  The book is full of wonderful photos of the recipes, markets, villages and ingredients that make rural France special and make this book as beautiful to look at as to cook from.  I hope you'll look for it in your neighborhood bookstore, or, better yet, click here to order a copy right now. 

A Cook’s Book of Quick Fixes & Kitchen Tips (John Wiley & Sons, 2005).

However experienced a cook you are, there are still some times when things go wrong. Maybe your ingredients weren’t the greatest, or you left that pot on the stove too long, or your finished dish just seems kind of blah.  A Cook’s Book of Quick Fixes & Kitchen Tips is jam-packed with invaluable hints and tips, filled with the wisdom and experience of one of the food world’s most renowned teachers. In this book, you’ll not only learn how to avoid or salvage culinary disasters, but you’ll find lots of good, down-to-earth advice as well as inspiring ways to lift food from the mundane to the magnificent.  It’s the perfect gift for cooks of all skill levels.  To order this book click here.

The Good Cook (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2004) offers a comprehensive course for the home cook, outlining all of the essential techniques and including hundreds of accompanying recipes that every good cook needs to know.  The Good Cook addresses every subject of importance to home cooks, including essential flavors and sauces; fish, meat and poultry; vegetables and eggs; pasta and pastry. Clear step-by-step photographs illustrate more than 70 basic techniques, which are followed by easy-to-execute recipes.

I have long been an admirer of Anne’s talents as cook, author, and teacher. Her new cookbook, The Good Cook, is filled with her passion for her chosen vocation. In every page, she gently coaches and generously shares her years of cooking experience. Amateur cooks and professional alike will benefit from The Good Cook enormously.
 —Thomas Keller, chef and owner of The French Laundry and Per Se

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Good Food No Fuss (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, fall 2003; also BBC Worldwide, London) proves that great meals don’t have to be difficult. Here is a superb collection of 150 recipes and ideas that are easy to prepare yet full of flavor. Says cookbook author Joan Nathan “Good Food No Fuss gives us just what our busy lives need – Anne’s good food without stress”. Steven Raichlen, of Barbecue Bible fame, adds: “When Anne Willan utters the words “good food” and “no fuss” in the same breath, it’s wise to sit up and listen.” To order this book, click here.

Cooking With Wine (Harry N. Abrams, in conjunction with COPIA). In this rich, highly illustrated
compendium of more than 200 recipes from around the world, Anne Willan shows how wine has its place in almost every cooking domain, even baking cakes and preparing pastry dough. As a special feature of this unique book, American winemakers share their own favorite recipes using wine. To order this book,  click here.

From My Château Kitchen (Clarkson Potter) was hailed as “an authoritative yet intimate appreciation of both the food and the culture of Burgundy.” Interwoven in the text, which presents colorful characters from the depth of rural France, are some 300 photographs and 160 recipes from Anne’s personal repertoire. Published in Britain under the title A Kitchen in Burgundy (Cassell). To order this book, click here.

No time to cook? Take a cue from Anne's In and Out of the Kitchen in Fifteen Minutes or Less, with its 100 quick and easy recipes. Published by Rizzoli (USA) and Quadrille (Great Britain). Also available in six foreign language editions. To order this book, click here.

La Varenne Pratique (in Britain, Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Cookery) is a veritable encyclopedia of cooking and cooking techniques has been a kitchen bible since its first publication in 1989. Over half a million copies have been sold worldwide and there are six foreign language editions. To order this book,  click here.

Look and Cook - an illustrated series (Dorling Kindersley, London and New York). This 17-volume series has superb step-by-step illustrations for every recipe. You can't go wrong! Nearly 2 million copies sold worldwide.

Search for Anne Willan classics on the internet like FRENCH REGIONAL COOKING (1981, republished 1983) and GREAT COOKS AND THEIR RECIPES (1977, republished 1992).

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