Rick Stein’s Secret France

by Rick Stein

Real French home cooking with all the recipes from Rick's new BBC Two series.

Over fifty years ago Rick Stein first set foot in France. Now, he returns to the food and cooking he loves the most … and makes us fall in love with French food all over again.

Rick’s meandering quest through the byways and back roads of rural France sees him pick up inspiration from Normandy to Provence. With characteristic passion and joie de vivre, Rick serves up incredible recipes: chicken stuffed with mushrooms and Comté, grilled bream with aioli from the Languedoc coast, a duck liver parfait bursting with flavour, and a recipe for the most perfect raspberry tart plus much, much more.

Simple fare, wonderful ingredients, all perfectly assembled; Rick finds the true essence of a food so universally loved, and far easier to recreate than you think.

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks, France, Nonfiction, Food and Drink

320 pages, Hardcover

Published October 31, 2019

About the author

Christopher Richard "Rick" Stein OBE (born 4 January 1947) is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter. He is currently the head chef and co-owner of "Rick Stein at Bannisters" at Mollymook, New South Wales, Australia,[1] owns four restaurants in Padstow, a fish and chip shop in Falmouth, Cornwall and has written or presented a number cookery books and television programmes.

Reviews

[Diane Ter Horst · Rating 5 out of 5]

The real France

This book is one of the best from Rick Stein because it captures the real France. The recipes and beautiful photographs and bring the atmosphere of the markets and villages alive. You can taste the fresh food and sunshine in the pages of this book where you can share the secrets of France.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, he never disappoints and over the many, many years we have bought each and every book and enjoyed each and every tv series to the max! Enjoyed dining in Cornwall.... This book is full of recipes I want to try and good tips. The series just started last night so this is a wonderful fall treat.... Thank you Rick Stein for yet more culinary and travel joys!

[Karen Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my true reading pleasures, well all reading is a pleasure, is diving into well written cookbooks. Those that tell a story and introduce the area and cuisine rather than just the recipe.

I do have my fair share of cook books and this passion shows little sign of abating. Latest addtion my Christmas gift Secret France- I just wan to go touring and cooking

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rick Stein’s Secret France by Rick Stein is a must have book in your kitchen especially if you live in France. Rick makes every recipe look divine and I just want to open this book and create a lovely French meal. I have made many of these and they came all beautifully. Rick makes all his recipes easy to follow.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant - the best cookery book I have ever read. The photography is absolutely stunning - you almost feel you could lift the fruit/mushrooms, etc. off the page to eat. I also loved the "chat" before each recipe. All in all, I thoroughly recommend this book.

[Tineke Vanhove · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fijn boek. Af en toe te simplistisch, maar ook wel met verrassende recepten. Opvallend wat recepten uit de Alsace, Somme, en andere regio's die anders niet aan bod komen. Ik heb er zeker enkele recepten uitgehaald om zelf mee aan de slag te gaan.

[Bill McFadyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great TV , great photography, fab recipes and interesting tales. Rick has produced a number of books like this and Secret France is a great addition.

[Veronika Vasileva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some French classics - nothing too innovative or exciting but a solid Rick Stein cookbook

[Cheryl McConnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tried a few recipes. Delicious.

[Cath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book. Great photos and recipes.