Secrecies of saffron plantation

a book of Veronique Lazérat

preface of Eric Léautey - receipts of large Masters of the gastronomy

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The book
Veronique Lazérat
saffron: red gold!

The saffron plantations of Make Holy Blaise
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Publication: October 2009

128 pages 19

Editions Lucien Souny

The book

A remarkable work on this flower of legend realized by a saffron plantation except par.
A complete work which approaches the red gold under all its facets:


Saffron: its history, its legends, its secrecies, its virtues, its uses traditional and contemporary.

An handy guide to cultivate the plant and to produce oneself this spice: tillage to the conditioning of the invaluable pistils, while passing by magic flowering, the gathering, the preparation and drying.

Receipts, salted and sweetened, which will charm the most demanding papillae.

Nearly 100 illustrations
sumptuous.

For impassioned history, of botany, gardening and kitchen!

The saffron is the spice oldest and most coveted planet!

Exploiting the largest saffron plantation of France, Veronique Lazérat makes some to us discover the history, them
legends, virtues and uses.

She reveals us also her secrecies of saffron plantation to cultivate the Crocus sativus, this plant bulbous whose flowers contain a treasure: famous saffron.

She reveals all the stages of production, of the plantation to the harvest of the flowers, the pruning and the drying of the pistils, their conditioning and their conservation. Because to collect saffron is with the range of each and everyone.

She does not forget the informed gourmets and the greedy advised ones by delivering many saffroned receipts to us.

DEDICATE

6 - 7 & November 8, 2009 with the Living room of the book of Brive the Strapping woman (19)

on Saturday November 14, 2009, with space Talents of Hollow (23) Surface of the Mounts of Gueret RN145 + conference 15:00

28 and November 29, 2009 with Saint Jean of Gard + conference on Sunday 19, 15 H

on Saturday December 5, 2009 in Paris (75009) House of the Limousin street Caumartin - + conference starting from 14:30

on December 12, 2009 with the bookshop of Underground (23)

on Tuesday December 15 with the bookshop of Auzances (23) of 9:00 to 12:00

on Saturday December 19 with Gueret (23) Leclerc cultural centre

Discover in Secrecies of saffron plantation the receipts of large chief cooks and craftsmen

Eric Léautey
Eric Desseauves
Jacky Morlon
Guy Quérois
Francis Luquet
Guy Thomas
Lionel Levy
Sebastien Proux
Guy Legay
Pascal Bouriquat
Denis Gomot
Stephan Delcourt
Jean-Louis Gerin

Leave to discovered the saffron on www.safrandefrance.fr & www.epice-safran.com