Jean-François Piège

Jean-François Piège reveals the secrets behind more than 300 recipes from his outstanding restaurant, offering suggestions on how to combine key ingredients into innovative menus.

At his renowned gastronomic restaurant, the most sought-after table in Paris, the two Michelin-starred chef invites diners to select single key ingredients from his creative menu, which he transforms into exquisite and inventive dishes. This masterful cookbook replicates that experience with over 300 building-block recipes that inspire aspiring chefs to craft their own unique menus.

Sample recipes include white asparagus with smoked salmon and horseradish cream, peanut crisp with aniseed, line-caught Pollock, black truffle scallops, an imaginative spaghetti carbonara where bacon and pasta proportions are inverted, beef or chicken with morel sauce, bergamot custard, and cherry tarte tatin.

With its cloth binding, a mix of three paper stocks, five-colour printing, and a detailed index, this elegant volume from France's culinary prodigy, Jean-François Piège, makes an ideal present for professional chefs, ambitious home cooks, and aficionados of French cuisine alike.