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| Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen | 
 enlarge | Author: Clotilde Dusoulier
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $10.57
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 12945
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0767923839
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5944
EAN: 9780767923835
ASIN: 0767923839
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Condition: Brand new item. Over 3.5 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Order with confidence. Code: B20081203230030T
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Thanks Clotilde for a wonderful book! November 13, 2008
Simple, original recipes with fun flavor combinations: zucchini and raspberry, broccoli and apples, and of course, chocolate and zucchini! Most of the recipes are quick and easy, always a plus. I'm particularly thankful to this book for teaching me how to make my own "pate brisee" which I can't seem to find in american grocery stores. Quiche and tarte bretonne are again a staple at home! A word of caution to non-chocoholics: the chocolate recipes are VERY chocolate!!
proof of the pudding? So far all hits, no misses. August 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Delightful approach, and all the directions you need to recreate the special dishes with real ease. Best of all the improvisations inspired by my lack of certain ingredients were excellent as well, and made me feel as creative as the author herself. Been cooking for decades, and never dared to try icecream, but emboldened by the luscious photographs (bravo for shots of real food, not styled food) have taken a plunge from which there is no turning back. Merci. Will follow up with the Paris adventures before my Paris trip in October. Have already booked a meal at the hidden kitchen. Now to winkle out how to visit the food market at Rungis without spending a fortune on permits or tours.....
Five Stars! July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I discovered Clotilde's blog only after purchasing this book. The recipes are simple, call for fresh ingredients and are absolutely delicious. Highly recommended!
 I love chocolate and zucchini May 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is great and Clotilde is an interesting writer. She has written the book as a novel and that makes it so, so interesting. Makes you want to cook and feed your friends. Congratulations Clotilde!!
Charming, fun, and good food, too May 2, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
"Chocolate & Zucchini" is an entertaining combination of Clotilde Dusoulier's thoughts on food, cooking, and the Parisian lifestyle, and recipes chosen to reflect that lifestyle in a way American audiences can recreate. For my own tastes (so to speak), I could have done with more discussion and fewer recipes, but I certainly cannot complain. For one thing, it sounds like her forthcoming second book is more along those lines. And for another, these recipes are quite good -- I made the Biscuits Tres Chocolate (p. 229) for a friend's birthday present, and they were very well received.
The author is a charming, and dare I say "sweet," guide, with a command of English that transcends mere fluency to being distinctive and very personal. One of the reasons I wished there was more personal narrative was because I liked that voice. Good thing we have her blog -- and, as I said, her next book. I'm looking forward to getting into that as soon as I can. Perhaps with a plate of biscuits tres chocolate.
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