Penny Pleasance
Penny Pleasance
Penny Pleasance studied cooking under Henri Lévi at his New York cooking school, La Cuisine Sans Peur, and has also studied cooking in Brussels and Tuscany. She has lived or worked in New York, London, Brussels, and Strasbourg, France and has been a cooking enthusiast since she picked up her mother’s copy of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1978.
Reviews
The Union Square Café Cookbook: 160 Recipes from New York’s Acclaimed RestaurantTuesday, March 5, 2013in CookbooksReviewed By Penny Pleasance
Cookfight: 2 Cooks, 12 Challenges, 125 Recipes, an Epic Battle for Kitchen DominanceTuesday, October 30, 2012Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
LudoBites: Recipes and Stories from the Pop-Up Restaurants of Ludo LefebvreTuesday, October 9, 2012Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and EatTuesday, October 2, 2012in HistoryReviewed By Penny Pleasance
An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday FoodiesThursday, April 12, 2012Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
Vegetables, Revised: The Most Authoritative Guide to Buying, Preparing, and Cooking, with More than 300 RecipesTuesday, March 27, 2012in CookbooksReviewed By Penny Pleasance
French Bistro: Seasonal Recipes (Review I)Tuesday, February 7, 2012in FrenchReviewed By Penny Pleasance
Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate)Wednesday, February 1, 2012Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
Educated Tastes: Food, Drink, and Connoisseur CultureTuesday, November 1, 2011in OtherReviewed By Penny Pleasance
The Italian Table: Eating Together for Every OccasionSunday, October 16, 2011in ItalianReviewed By Penny Pleasance
RÔTIS: Roasts for Every Day of the WeekTuesday, October 4, 2011in FrenchReviewed By Penny Pleasance
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home CooksThursday, September 29, 2011in Food WritingReviewed By Penny Pleasance
We Sure Can!: How Jams and Pickles Are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local FoodTuesday, August 23, 2011Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
My Kitchen: Real Food From Near and FarFriday, April 1, 2011in GeneralReviewed By Penny Pleasance
At Elizabeth David’s Table: Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen WisdomTuesday, March 1, 2011in ItalianReviewed By Penny Pleasance
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant ChefTuesday, March 1, 2011in Food WritingReviewed By Penny Pleasance
As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVotoWednesday, December 1, 2010Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
The Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American CuisineMonday, November 1, 2010in Food WritingReviewed By Penny Pleasance
French Cooking: Classic Recipes and TechniquesTuesday, October 26, 2010in FrenchReviewed By Penny Pleasance
The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New CenturyMonday, October 25, 2010in GeneralReviewed By Penny Pleasance
Around My French Table: More than 300 Recipes from My Home to YoursFriday, October 8, 2010in FrenchReviewed By Penny Pleasance
The Dog Who Ate the Truffle: A Memoir of Stories and Recipes from UmbriaTuesday, August 17, 2010in UmbriaReviewed By Penny Pleasance
The I Hate to Cook Book: 50th Anniversary EditionMonday, July 26, 2010in GeneralReviewed By Penny Pleasance
In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by HeartTuesday, April 6, 2010Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen TableTuesday, March 23, 2010Reviewed By Penny Pleasance
Tomato: A Fresh-from-the-Vine CookbookWednesday, March 17, 2010in OtherReviewed By Penny Pleasance
How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition)Monday, October 20, 2008in GeneralReviewed By Penny Pleasance
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