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One More Croissant for the Road

By: Felicity Cloake
Narrated by: Felicity Cloake
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The nation’s ‘taster in chief’ cycles 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes.

One of the chief pleasures of cycling, apart from the thrill of freedom it gives you, is stopping for lunch, so ravenous you inhale the bread basket before they’ve even had time to bring over your beer. And France is a country whose roads, so straight and smooth and quiet, seem designed for cycling, and whose hearty provincial cooking, whether that’s Moules Frites or Boeuf Bourguignon, makes the perfect fuel for it. To be hungry in France is to be fortunate indeed.

One More Croissant for the Road sees ‘the nation’s taster in chief’ Felicity Cloake embark on the trip of a lifetime, cycling 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes. Felicity has long established herself as an absolute authority on everything that is important about food. This lively and charming account of her search for the ultimate Quiche Lorraine, la meilleure Tarte Tatin and a Cassoulet par excellence culminates in a triumphant two-wheeled tour of Paris’ boulangeries in pursuit of France’s finest croissant. Accompanied by charming line illustrations, each chapter concludes with Felicity putting this newfound knowledge to good use in a new ‘perfect’ recipe for each dish, the conclusion of her rigorous and thorough investigative work on behalf of all our taste buds.

Felicity Cloake is the author of the Guardian’s long-running weekly column How to Cook the Perfect.... as well as having been the New Statesman’s food columnist since 2011 and the author of four books with Fig Tree. She was named Cookery Journalist of the Year at the 2016 Fortnum & Mason awards and won the Cookery Journalist of the Year and New Media trophies at the 2011 Guild of Food Writers awards.

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©2019 Felicity Cloake (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

“The nation’s taster-in-chief belongs unequivocally to Felicity Cloake.” (The Daily Mail)

"Fantastic recipes that work." (India Knight) 

"Felicity Cloake has taken on the role of culinary magpie, picking up gems of kitchen wisdom from established writers and using them to produce a collection of nearly 70 classic, dependable recipes. Felicity is both meticulous and generous in crediting her sources, weaving the tips and hints of others into her own exacting recipes, making them all more practical and trustworthy. If you need a sound and workable recipe for anything from custard to cottage pie, then this is your book." (Nigel Slater) 

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I loved this book!

I loved who well this book is written, great balance of humour, adventure and food. I also loved that the author is also the narrator. Fantastic! Please write another book!!!! I mapped most of your croissant recommendations to try on my next trip to France in a couple of weeks and will be starting my own fun croissant rating system. Thanks! I loved listening to this!

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Truely brilliant

Felicity writes and speaks with an unbridled passion for all things food, and most importantly, for pastries.

A beautiful ode to France, and to this crescent shaped pieces of bliss.

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A lot of miles, a lot of meals

I eagerly read Felicity Cloake's column in The Guardian - this book? Not so much. I can understand Ms Cloake's wish to preserve the memory of many good and not so good meals as she endures the trials and tribulations of journeys round France, mostly on two wheels. I too have travelled through France, not on a bike, but in a tiny boat on canals and rivers, but not being even slightly famous, I doubt that anyone is interested in knowing what I ate day to day, or how I rate the many croissants I consumed. It feels like a diary the writer would love to dip into to relive the memories of remarkable personal experiences, but I am not sure of it's need to have been shared.

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