POSTED: 10 AUGUST 2010

Simple French recipes for Australian home cooks*

Serge Dansereau’s life has been shaped by food. From his humble beginnings in French Canada, to his present-day ownership of the Bathers’ Pavilion on Sydney’s Balmoral Beach, Serge Dansereau’s life has been a gastronomic journey and a modern-day culinary fairytale. But despite all his fame as a restaurateur, home cooking has always been Serge’s passion.

In his latest book, French Kitchen: Classic Recipes for Home Cooks, Serge combines his love of French technique, quality Australian produce and home cooking. In this beautifully photographed and designed book, you will find 230 classic French recipes for the home kitchen, all carefully developed to make French food accessible to the everyday Australian cook — professional chef’s training not required!

These delicious recipes bring us the style and flavours of everyday French cooking, offering the chef’s know-how that helps turn a good dish into a great one and sees Serge share with us the food he cooks at home for his family and friends.

French Kitchen has recipes for every time of day — such as buttery brioche and baked peaches for breakfast, a salmon, potato and cream gratin for lunch, a piece of Basque custard cake for afternoon tea, and chicken confit with mushrooms and bacon for dinner, followed by a slice of chocolate-and-raspberry tart to finish. There is also a chapter on cooking for kids, which will help awaken younger tastebuds.

Serge Dansereau is a multi-award-winning chef who is renowned internationally for his professionalism and innovation. This energetic French Canadian trained as a chef in Québec, moved to Australia and went on to reinvent five-star hotel dining in the 1980s by making Kables restaurant at the Regent Hotel, Sydney, the place to eat.

Serge has been called “the father of the fresh food movement” because of his passion for using local seasonal produce and his championing of Australian growers.

PUBLISHING DETAILS

Serge Dansereau, French Kitchen: Classic Recipes for Home Cooks (Published 1 October by ABC Books | 400pp hardback | $59.99)

*Based on media release issued by ABC Books.

Serge Dansereau ... home cooking has always been his passion.