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Blanc Vite
by Raymond Blanc

Raymond Blanc's latest publication, 'Blanc Vite' is about speedy, gourmet, healthy meals that suit your lifestyle.

Seems too good to be true, yet Raymond Blanc's award-winning cooking has always been lead by light, unmasked flavours. Blanc Vite rewrites old perceptions of bland, sparse `health food', offering wholesome food that is sensual, as one would expect from a Blanc Dish, only surprisingly more `vite'.

Fast, healthy, delightful recipes and low GI too! (13 January 2006)
Reviewer: A reader

I've bought a lot of cookbooks over the years, but the one I still love best is Blanc Vite which I've had as a treasured possession since about 2000. I'm no chef, so these fast and easy recipes are a delight. They also adhere fairly well to a low GI diet, even though he doesn't make a huge deal out of it. I'd recommend it to anyone considering that dietary approach or who just wants great quality food fast.

Best Cookery Book Ever? (27 July 2002)
Reviewer: "shiveringgoat"

This book has changed the way that I cook (as a food lover) for the following reasons:

1. The recipes are fast,and easy to follow - and most importantly they work. If you are making dinner 90% of these recipes can be done a few hours before, thus giving you time to socialise with your guests rather than being a slave to your kitchen, then simply finish them off before serving. This is why this book is so practical.
2. The standard of the end results are better than most restaurant food.The recipes take you to another level of cookery with interesting/radical combinations of ingredients and how beautiful the dishes taste/look on the plate.
3. As Raymond Blanc never trained under a rigid master chef, in my opinion, he was allowed to indulge his curiosity far more than his competitors, therefore creating dishes of real imagination, this in my opinion makes him stand above the rest of his competition.
4. There are many Vegetarian dishes in here and I admire Raymond for devoting time to this as it is sadly neglected by most other contemporary chefs.(roasted ceps with Jerusalem artichokes- WOW!)
5. There are suggestions for breakfasts (scrambled egg and pesto), tips on how to make the perfect poached eggs, sandwich suggestions, and of course mains, with superb deserts (grilled figs with raspberries and port-amazing!, and the one that all my friends adore - confit of plums in red wine and vanilla).

Hope you find this review helpful,and share my enthusiasm - you won't be disappointed.

Just want to rush into the kitchen and start cooking! (11 January 2001)
Reviewer: A reader

This was a totally unexpected Christmas present from my daughter, who recently stayed at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. She knows how much I love to cook and try out new recipes. Raymond Blanc has it all in this book, originality and freshness, the ingredients speak for themselves. His knowledge of all health aspects is impressive and it is a wonderful guide for anyone with little time to spare and loves really really good food. Thankyou Monsieur Blanc.

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