Product Description

"Bon Appetit" will add a new dimension to eating out in French cafes, brasseries or restaurants! This French-English menu dictionary has over 3,500 menu terms translated into English, which will help you enjoy the delicious dishes that the French always present. There is no other dictionary that is so comprehensive, so easy to use and such fun to test in the field - or at the table! Here you will find everything from acarne (sea bream) to zwieback (a biscuit), from coquelet (a baby chicken) to reglisse (liquorice). There are descriptive terms, explanations of many regional dishes and translations of the most commonly used herbs and spices. Compound dishes such as soups and salads are summarized, as are many desserts and gateaux. "Bon Appetit" also includes an introduction and a guide to eating out in France as well as a short list of basic drinks. While carrying "Bon Appetit", you will have the courage to try new dishes safe in the knowledge that you can avoid anything you might not like. Wherever you are eating in the world, if the menu is in French, "Bon Appetit" will be your guide gourmand.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82118 in Books
• Published on: 1998-11-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Judith A. White was trained in hotel management and administration at London's Westminster Technical College. Several years were spent in hotel work and running her own private catering business but a move to Cambridgeshire meant a change of career. She was town clerk to the City of Ely for fifteen years, during which time she wrote several cookery books. She still lives in Ely with her husband and two cats.

Customer Reviews

invaluable guide to eating in a French restaurant
We have had this book for 20 years or so, and cannot recommend it highly enough. I am very diappointed to see that it is not available at the moment because my adult daughter remembers it from her childhood and would like to have her own copy. I am going to have to lend her ours. What if she loses it! You can look up all manner of words which go beyond our school French lessons. A small example: lapin/rabbit - yes I know, easy, but look at these variations: lapin de clapier/domestic rabbit; laperau/young wild rabbit; lapin de garenne/wild rabbit. How would you have known that if you saw it on the menu?

Knowledge in one's pocket
A handy little guide that is small enough to carry with you into a restaurant. Great for first timers or those that live in France and want to know more and ensure they order the right thing.

Bon Appetit
Bought this book prior to recent holiday in France.
Found it very good when trying to translate menus into English.
It seems to be well researched and we found very few items on menus that were not referred to in the book.