By Rachel Khoo (288 pp., Chronicle Books, $35)
British chef and BBC television personality Rachel Khoo, manages to both simplify and shake things up in a cookbook filled with French classics with a twist, like a barbeque version of coq au vin on skewers and ideas for variations on cr猫me br没l茅e with additions such as lavender, orange zest, and even black pepper. Best of all, she has plenty of dessert ideas that don't require yeast, cr猫me p芒tissi猫re, or ramekins, like her tartlets aux framboises et amandes (raspberry and almond tartlets).
