Not good at all: My Savory and Sweet Recipes (French Edition) by Philippe Conticini

Not good at all: My savory and sweet recipes is much more than a cookbook: it is a declaration of love to the culinary freedom of expression, to creativity and taste. With its tender humor and demand for perfection, Philippe Conticini, undisputed master of the French pastry, invites us to rediscover indulgence in all its forms.

Behind this self-deprecating title lies a true ode to the sincere indulgence, to these everyday dishes that bring unpretentious joy. Savory or sweet, each chapter of the book is a celebration of the pleasure of cooking and sharing.

🍳 A book between humor and expertise

As of the Open letter to freedom of expression, taste, and creation, Philippe Conticini asserts his philosophy: cooking with emotion, respect, and simplicity. The Savory recipes like the summer salads, the gourmet verrines, the classics revisited or the Pan-fried dishes reveal his talent for enhancing the simplest ingredients.

🍯 Irresistible sweets

The part Just sweet dives us into the sweet world of the chef: Melts, , Scooters, , Tartinettes and golden brioche compose a tasty combination, blending pastry technique and Gustatory emotion. The illustrations by Chiara Conticini and the Luminous photographs by Laurent Fau bring a poetic touch to this generous work.

📖 A tribute to culinary passion

Considered as one of the greatest pastry chefs of his generation, Philippe Conticini has made a mark on gastronomy with his emotional approach to cooking. From The Table of Antwerp to The Pastry Shop of Dreams, by going through Petrossian, he has continually reinvented taste, blending Modernity, , audacity and delicacy.

The book, published by Flammarion in the collection Gastronomy, is aimed at both pastry enthusiasts and curious individuals eager to explore a intuitive and lively cooking.

🍽️ A close-knit duo

This book is also the result of a collaboration between Philippe Conticini and Philippe Boé, award-winning food journalist and renowned critic. Their camaraderie and love for flavor shine through on every page, giving the book a human, joyful, and deeply inspiring tone.

📚 Summary

• Open Letter to Freedom of Expression, Taste, and Creation

• Deliciously basic recipes

• Just salty: salads, verrines, revisited classics

• Pan-fried and roasted, tender and delicious

• Yum… with fingers

• Just Sweet: Originalities, Brioche, and Baked Fruits

• Annexes and preamble to the tourtinettes

A book to give as a gift or to treat yourself, to restore its rightful place to the The pleasure of cooking, to the authentic taste and at the creativity without constraint.

📘 Characteristics

• Title : Not good at all: My savory and sweet recipes

• Author : Philippe Conticini

• Illustrations : Chiara Conticini

• Photographs Laurent Fau

• Editor " : " Flammarion

• Collection : Gastronomy

• Publication date October 26, 2022

• Format : Connected

• Number of pages : 176

• Dimensions : 26.9 x 20.9 x 2.3 cm

• Weight : 938 g

• Language : French

• EAN13 : 9782080269973

• ISBN : 978-2-08-026997-3