Kitchen Secrets by Raymond Blanc
Raymond Blanc's New Book Published by Bloomsbury
21 January 2011

Available at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons gift and bookstore from 14th February, priced £25. Also available from Brasserie Blanc and Maison Blanc.

The launch of Raymond's new book will tie in with the second series of the highly acclaimed BBC2 series of the same name.

Raymond Blanc is revered as a culinary legend, whose love of delicious food is lifelong.  Years of experience have given him a rich store of knowledge and the skill to create fantastic dishes that work time after time.  With a range of achievable and inspirational recipes for cooks of all abilities, Kitchen Secrets is all about bringing Gallic passion and precision into the home kitchen. Raymond has done all the hard work, refining recipes over months and even years until they are quite perfect. Every recipe includes explanations and hints to ensure that your results are consistently brilliant.

Dishes that once seemed plain, or impossibly complex, suddenly become simple and elegant; the book's sixteen chapters include classics like watercress soup, chicory and Roquefort salad, cep ravioli, greengage cassoulet, chicken liver parfait, confit salmon, moules marinière, grilled dover sole, home cured ham, pot au feu, lambs liver persillade, roast wild duck, lamb cutlets, galette des Rois, cherry clafoutis and Maman Blanc's own chocolate mousse.

With more than 100 recipes from both series of Kitchen Secrets, this is guaranteed to be a must-have for anybody with a love of French cuisine and finesse.

Kitchen Secrets by Raymond Blanc will be published on 21 February and will be available from Amazon, Waterstones, WHSmith and all good booksellers.

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