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Publication date: March 2024
Publishers’ Weekly Review:
In this quick and approachable collection, Davis (French Comfort Food) draws on her 13 years in Paris and the South of France to present easy and affordable French home cooking. Her casual approach relies on shortcuts, such as a store-bought crust for fluffy cauliflower and cheese quiche, premade crepes for “last-minute” grand marnier crepes suzette, and Laughing Cow cheese to lend creaminess to Laughing Cow zucchini soup. Classic “haute cuisine” dishes are abridged and made less intimidating, including instant pot beef bourguignon, easy whole duck a l’orange (which still requires an overnight marinade), and coq au vin reimagined as a quick chicken bake with a stove-top wine sauce. Though traditionalists may balk, there’s no denying Davis’s efficiency. Her encouraging instructions make even more complex dishes seem simple, including the festive salad dubbed “A Wreath You Can Eat” and ingenious “beef on a string with horseradish sauce.” Other quick takes include a one-pot salmon in parchment with capers and lemon and weeknight halibut in basil cream. This accessible approach to everyday French fare will appeal to cooks at all skill levels.
French from the Market by Hillary Davis (9781423664888, March 2024)
- Publishers Weekly, online November 11, 2023, print TBD: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781423664888
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Publication date: September 2016
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Pub Date: September 1, 2015
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
“From the woman who authored French Comfort Food, a favorite in all things classic and traditional French food, comes the new Le French Oven. Hillary Davis’s latest is dedicated to the authentic recipes that can be made in a cocotte (think Dutch oven, but Parisian-style). Coupled with mouth-watering photography by Steven Rothfeld, this spin-on-a-classic cookbook belongs in every food-lover’s kitchen.” —Gayot.com
“For years, I’ve been in love with my Le Creuset cookware. (I have two.) I use them to braise stews, meatballs, soups, ratatouillaise… :) But I’ve also often wondered how to deploy them in other ways. Lo and behold, I was delighted to discover Le French Oven by Hillary Davis, a new cookbook completely devoted to the cocotte (aka Dutch/French oven)!”—Ann Mah, author Mastering the Art of French Eating
“Le French Oven is an original approach to a flavorful French-inspired cuisine that can easily be made in any American kitchen. Hillary Davis’ recipes ring of hearth, home and nurturing in style and with elegance. Le French Oven will become an essential part of your home, and if it doesn’t fall apart from loving use, you’ll gladly pass it down to your children.”—The Rambling Epicure
“Hillary’s new book “Le French Oven” has now joined the ranks of “French Comfort Food” as one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE cookbooks! (I’m actually buying this cookbook for a lot of my fellow “foodie friends”…) Once you pick this book up, you’ll understand why I’m going so crazy over it!” —BlaiseTheBaker.com
“Le French Oven by Hillary Davis is the new staple to my cookbook collection. It showcases authentic, tantalizing French recipes that can be created in the cocotte―the French version of a Dutch oven―in all of its sizes and shapes, from mini to large.” —Pamela Morgan, FlirtingWithFlavors.com
“This is a wonderful book that I enjoyed from the minute I opened it up and started reading the introduction.”—Carolina Cookbook Connoisseur
Pub Date: August 1, 2014
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Cuisine Nicoise: Sun-kissed Cooking from the French Riviera
Publisher: Gibbs-Smith
by Hillary Davis
Publisher: Harper Collins Business
Publication Date: October 1998