Classic French preserving techniques updated for a modern audience. Preserve fruit, vegetables, meat and fish with a beautifully illustrated guide from France's favorite food author. Enjoy local, fresh, organic food throughout the year. With more than 350 classic French recipes, both home cooks and chefs will learn traditional techniques for sweet and savory preserving, as well as smoking, pickling, and making charcuterie. France's favorite food author Ginette Mathiot classic has been revised and updated for todays preserver by Clotilde Dusoulier, famed for her Chocolate and Zucchini website and books, Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris, Chocolate and Zucchini, Edible French, and The French Market Cookbook.

From classic fruit tarts and delicious eclairs to airy souffles to elaborate gateaux, French pastries are unlike anything else in the world. Following the success of the French culinary bible I Know How to Cook by Ginette Mathiot, The Art of French Baking features more than 350 classic recipes for making authentic French pastries and desserts.