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Richard Olney


Born
in Marathon, Iowa, The United States
April 12, 1927

Died
August 03, 1999

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Richard Olney was an American painter, cook, food writer, editor, and memoirist, best known for known for his books of French country cooking.

Olney lived in a house above the village of Solliès-Toucas in Provence, France, for most of his adult life, where he wrote many classic and influential cookbooks of French country cooking. He had first moved to France in 1951, to Paris, where he was close friends with (and painted many of) the American and English bohemian expatriate set, including James Baldwin, filmmaker Kenneth Anger, painter John Craxton, poet John Ashbery, and composer Ned Rorem.

He was also friends with Elizabeth David.

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Simple French Food

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4.20 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1974 — 28 editions
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The French Menu Cookbook

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4.11 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1970 — 25 editions
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Lulu's Provencal Table: The...

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4.10 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions
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Provence: The Beautiful Coo...

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4.01 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions
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REFLEXIONS

3.69 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions
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Eggs and Cheese: The Good Cook

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4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1980 — 8 editions
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Romanee Conti: The World's ...

3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions
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Ten Vineyard Lunches

4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions
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Richard Olney's French Wine...

3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997
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Yquem

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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1985 — 16 editions
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“There exists a bastard cuisine that is too often assumed to be real French cooking.”
Richard Olney

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