Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook

A Fervent Ode to Flemish culinary tradition and to generations of family cooking, from the author's peasant great grandmother's rustic, friendly, food to her mother's dedication to everything fresh. . . . Belgian food is cause for celebration. -Richard Olney, author of Simple French Food At last, a book that reveals Europe's best-kept culinary secret: Belgium. From three-star restaurants-of which the country has more per capita than France-to the legions of opinionated, accomplished, home cooks, Belgium and the Belgian people are passionate about good food. Starting with a humble mussel, fried potato, simple chicken, or piece of chocolate, Belgians find a way-and always a surprisingly easy way-to make magic. As Belgians explain it, since one has to eat three times a day, why not make a feast of every meal? A SAMPLE OF BELGIAN HOME COOKING Smoked Trout Mousse with Watercress Sauce Flemish Beef Stew Cooked in Beer Mussels with Snail Butter Waterzooi of Chicken Quiche with Gorgonzola and Asparagus Buttermilk Soup with Apples Gratin of Belgian Endives Braised Partridge with Cabbage and Abbey Beer The One and Only Truly Belgian Fries Flemish Yeast Pancakes, Breughel Style Pears poached in Spiced Red Wine Belgian Chocolate Ganache TartRuth Van Waerebeek is the author of 'Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook', published 1996 under ISBN 9780761101062 and ISBN 0761101063.