Crêpes: 50 Savory and Sweet Recipes

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Chronicle Books, Apr 6, 2012 - Cooking - 144 pages
Explore the versatility of this everyday, every-occasion food with the coauthor of the James Beard Award-winner Six Seasons.

Martha Holmberg is uniquely equipped to bring crêpes into the home kitchen. Trained at the renowned La Varenne cooking school, she has been a food writer, editor, and cook in the United States, England, and France for the past two decades. Her lifelong love of this favorite food is apparent throughout this collection of 50 sweet and savory recipes, ranging from the simple and snacky Butter-Sugar-Lemon of her teenage years to the crêpe cakes and cannelloni of an accomplished cook. Her encouraging instructions and master formulas produce beautiful crêpes and tempting sauces and fillings that pay homage to the classics while also playing with ambitious and fascinating flavor combinations and ingredients.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
9
Versatile Crêpes
26
AlmondBrown Butter Crêpes
40
Feta Crêpes
53
Chicken and Mushroom Paprikás Crêpes
76
Smoky Pepper Mashed Potato and Shrimp Crêpes
89
Crêpes with Passion Fruit Pudding
102
Baked Almond Frangipane Crêpes with Spiced
118
Crêpes with Roasted Rhubarb
132
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About the author (2012)

Martha Holmberg is the former publisher and editor of Fine Cooking magazine, the founding editor of MIX magazine, and the former food editor of the Oregonian newspaper. She is also the author of Puff, a Julia Child Award–finalist cookbook. She lives in Portland, Oregon.James Baigrie is a San Francisco–based photographer specializing in food, interiors, and travel.

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