Alexandre Gauthier: Chef, La Grenouillère

The first book by acclaimed Michelin-starred French chef Alexandre Gauthier, owner of the extraordinary restaurant La Grenouillère in northern France Since 2003, Alexandre Gauthier has been the chef at La Grenouillère, a 16th-century farmhouse by the river Canche in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil in northern France. There, he creates a highly personal cuisine, a snapshot of every season. Powerful, warm, sensuous, earthy yet delicate, it rests on the building blocks of a classic French cuisine that he has stripped of its formality and unnecessary intricacies. In this lush volume, superb photographs by Marie Pierre Morel showcase Gauthier’s food and the beauty of the region, where La Grenouillère has become an important destination for food lovers from all over the world. Here, he offers 100 of his culinary creations to read, to cook, to consider.