From pumpkin soup to Moules Mariniere, from Tarte aux cassis to Fouace Aveyronnaise, and taking in salads, starters, fish, poultry and more, this work features various recipes from the heart of the French family kitchen. It serves as a cookbook for the lovers of food and France. Joanne Harris bestselling novels, "Chocolat", "Blackberry Wine" and "Five-Quarters of the Orange", are affectionately known as her culinary trilogy. In them, Joanne Harris whets our appetites with some tantalisingly delicious recipes taken from her own grandmeres recipe book. For, like Framboise, the heroine of "Five-Quarters of the Orange", Joanne has family recipes which have been passed down through the generations and which she shares with us now in a mouth-watering celebration of French cuisine. From pumpkin soup to Moules Mariniere, from Tarte aux cassis to Fouace Aveyronnaise (Grandmothers festival loaf), and taking in salads, starters, fish, poultry and plenty more along the way, these are simple and stylish recipes from the heart of the French family kitchen. Illustrated with stunning integrated photographs and complemented by anecdotes from her family, past and present, "The French Kitchen" will be a must-have cookbook for all lovers of food and France.