By Patricia Wells (William Morrow, 312 pp.)
If you are a fan of French cooking, add to your already crowded bookshelf. Patricia Wells has lived, cooked, and taught in France for more than 30 years. This collection provides some of her best recipes for appetizers, desserts, and everything in between. Many of the recipes have a rustic, farmhouse feel and the pages are loaded with good tips from an experienced cooking teacher.