The very best recipes from the highly acclaimed Williams-Sonoma Savoring series, collected in new volumes. Offering more than 125 recipes from around the world, Savoring Pasta, Rice & Noodles includes such comforting dishes as American old-fashioned macaroni and cheese and hearty Italian minestrone and pappardelle with sausage. You'll discover classic Spanish paella, creamy Tuscan risotto with artichokes, garlicky Shanghai noodles, savory Thai fried rice with basil, and for dessert, refreshing Indian rice pudding.
Georgeanne Brennan, born and raised in Southern California, is the author of the James Beard Award winning cookbook, The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals award for her book, Aperitif, among numerous others, including her best-selling memoir, A Pig in Provence, about her years raising goats and pigs and making cheese in France in the 1970s. She’s divided her life for many years between her modest home in Provence, where she learned to make French style aperitifs, and a small farm in Winters, CA. She co-founded the pioneering seed company, Le Marche Seeds International, an important source for emerging organic market growers, in the 1980s. In the 1990s she conducted week-long Culinary Vacations in Provence. In 2014 she founded the on-line store lavierustic.com. She and her work have been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Food and Wine Magazine, InStyle, Vogue and many others. She has a bachelor’s degree in History and English from San Diego State University and master’s degree in History from UC San Diego.