Colette Rossant

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Colette Rossant


Born
Paris, France
Website

Genre
Cooking, Food & Wine, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences
Egyptian Cuisine - French Cuisine


Colette S. Palacci Rossant was born in Paris but spent most of her childhood in a mansion in the Garden City district of Cairo, Egypt, raised by her paternal grandparents and a host of aunts and cousins -- all of whom excelled in the kitchen. Her closest childhood friend was Ahmet, the house cook.

At the age of 15 she returned to Paris to finish her studies and lived with her maternal grandparents. In Paris, under the tutelage of her stepfather, she met numerous French chefs and learned about her French culinary heritage. Then at 22 she married American architect James Rossant and moved to New York.

In 1970, Colette started a cooking school for children that developed into a television show for PBS called Zee Cooking School, which also launch ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 1,154 ratings · 153 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors
Apricots on the Nile: A Mem...
3.80 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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Return to Paris: A Memoir
3.78 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions
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The World in My Kitchen: Th...
3.55 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Madeleines in Manhattan : a...
3.63 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Cooking with Colette
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions
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Mostly French Food
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions
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Colette Rossant's After-Fiv...
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions
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Colette's Slim cuisine
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Colette's Japanese Cuisine
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