French Roots: Two Cooks, Two Countries, and the Beautiful Food along the Way

A narratively rich cookbook of French and Californian recipes from longtime Chez Panisse executive chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and his wife, Denise Moulle.

Jean-Pierre and Denise Moullé met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. French Roots is the story of their lives told through the food they cook, beginning with the dishes of old-world France—the couple’s birthplace—and focusing on the simple, pared-down preparations of French food common in ...