French Kitchen Lessons: Recipes & Stories from Normandy's Rabbit Hill Farm

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French Kitchen Lessonsis a celebration of food, farm life, and the seasonsnot only the seasons of the year, but the seasons of life: starting over, finding a place, trying new things, and gathering.

In 2010, Cat Bude and her husband left their jobs in the Pacific Northwest, packed up their house and their kids, and moved to Normandy, France. After much looking, they found a run-down, rambling farmhouse, overrun with wild rabbits, and Rabbit Hill Farm was born. As Cat and her family settled into life on the farm, an urge to share the joys of country life led Cat to start the website Rabbit Hill Lifestyle, and eventually she began hosting vintage shopping tours, guided market trips, lavender harvest parties, and cooking classes for readers of her blog traveling to Rabbit Hill.

French Kitchen Lessonsbegins with classic French staples like pastry doughs, mother sauces, and stocks, then teaches you how to transform them into dishes to share at your table every season. Recipes range from traditional likeCroques MonsieurandBuf Bourgignon,to those with modern twists like asavory Paris-brestandLemon Poppy Seed Crpes, and are all inspired by the French market-to-table tradition.

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"French Kitchen Lessons is a rhapsody of delicious country living, cooking, and dining in a charming corner of Normandy, France. Everything about this book reflects the region's lush landscape and the dream of its author, Cat Bude, and her family to live a full and authentic French country life. The recipes are French classics with an American twist, all brought to life by the author's photographs. This is a book to peruse, and a book to take into the kitchen." --Susan Herrmann Loomis, author of Farmhouse Cookbook and The Great American Seafood Cookbook
"I have only visited France through Cat's delicious photography and stories of life in Normandy, and I've only tasted French cooking in my Mississippi kitchen from Cat's copper cookware. Cat's recipes and inspiration make my mouth water, make me want to book a flight to France, plant a garden, and cook a feast. Her writing is transporting, so much so that even without visiting, I feel that I have. What a gift French Kitchen Lessons is for us stateside!"--Erin Napier, co-host of HGTV's Home Town, co-author of Make Something Good Today, and author of The Lantern House
"What a delight to be invited into this old farmhouse in Normandy as Cat Bude weaves culinary magic sharing her family's favorite recipes, one French Kitchen Lesson at a time. The beautiful photographs that Cat takes in her family kitchen at Rabbit Hill Farm, enhance the personal stories and classic recipes that she shares of four seasons of farm-inspired cooking. From a bright spring appetizer as simple as 'Oeufs Mayonnaise' to a classic Normandy style 'Cider-Braised Pork Cheeks, ' these are staples to share with your own family and friends." --Kate Hill, chef, host of Cooking with Wine and creator of The Whole Animal

Author Bio

Cat Bude is a writer, photographer, and cooking instructor. She moved to Normandy with her family in 2010 and started a blog, Rabbit Hill Lifestyle, where she shares her life as an expat in the countryside. Cat offers vintage shopping tours and market excursions, and hosts cooking classes out of her renovated 17thcentury French farmhouse.