James Beard Award winning author Georgeanne Brennan shares a lifetime of French farmhouse cooking—combining ingredients from forest, field, sea, and stream—in casual meals for friends and family. Following an approach to daily cooking that's rooted firmly in the French tradition, Brennan crafts recipes driven by the seasons and the outdoors. Paired with lovely lifestyle photography, this inspiring cookbook weaves together her personal experience, stories, and tips about how to create a sustainable life—one that celebrates the relationship between the land and the table, and among food, family, and friends—no matter where you reside.The Potager: Year-RoundVegetables: green garlic and new potato soup; charred artichokes with fresh herb dippingsauce; zucchini and pine nut fritters; fennel and chicken braised with lemon; savory chard and raisin tart; sweet pepper andshelling bean Gratin; parsnip soup with toasted almonds; winter beignets with sauce verde The Orchard: Fruits & Nuts: homecuredolives, cherry and onion chutney for seared duck breast, chestnut and pork stew,pear, arugula and shaved parmesan salad, mulberry and pistachio tart, chestnut cream profiteroles The Barnyard: Cows, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Ducks & Rabbits:foie gras terrine, chicken liver pâte, shreddedduck confit and cornichon buns, beef braised in red wine and bone marrow, roast chicken with potatoes and droppings,stuffed breast of lamb-Michouistyle, frozen meringues and fruit cream The Forest & Fields: Wild Things : snail stuffedmushroom, wild mushroom soup, foraged greens and prosciutto salad,quail with juniper glaze and shallots, fresh bay leaves skewered with lamb and peppers, Crème Brûlee with Black Truffles,lavender pepper goat cheese. Water: Fish & Shellfish:smoked trout pate, thin slicedraw scallops with wild fennel pollen, pot de poisson, MoulesGratinee, sea bass with lemon verbenas buerre blanc, sea urchin sauce With lovely recipes and tips to sustainable life, La Vie Rustic allows you to livethe French lifestyle in your home!