Chef Frederic's Best

Food has always been Chef Frederic Pierrels singular passion. Now, he and his wife, author Deborah Pierrel, present a collection of his favorite classic recipes. With a refined and down-to-earth style, Chef Frederic gives easy instructions to create appetizers, soups, salads, vegetable dishes, main courses, cheese dishes, and desserts; he also shares the art of pairing these creations with wine. Chef Frederics Best demonstrates how this French chef experiments and plays in markets and kitchens all over the world to find new flavors and develop new recipes, some of which appear as nightly specials and added menu items at the Lakefront, in Mammoth Lakes, California, the restaurant where he has worked as a chef for the last ten years. Chef Frederic Pierrel shares his way of life through his cooking. With anecdotal insights to his outgoing personality and creation of recipes, this cookbook presents a hall pass to cooks everywhere to try and try again without fear.