Melbourne-based chef Shannon Bennett follows up his bestselling tour of French cuisine, My Vue, with this exquisitely presented, seductively simple guide to French cooking at home. The owner of Vue de Monde presents easy-to-cook modern French food for the home. The secret of this book (and the recipes within) lies in the details. Simon Griffiths’ sumptuous photography illustrates the enticing elegance of the perfect sardines on toast, duck salad, green peppercorn sauce and warm pistachio cupcakes. The ingredients here are easy to obtain, the techniques familiar, the instructions easy to follow; this is one beautiful cookbook that won’t linger on the bookshelves – it’s sure to find its place on the kitchen bench, to be used over and over again.