{"product_id":"plats-du-jour","title":"Plats du Jour","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg alt=\"Plats du Jour\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/plats-du-jour_600x600.jpg?v=1612433557\" style=\"float: none;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/plats-du-jour.jpg?v=1612433557\u0026amp;width=700\" width=\"1024x1024\" height=\"1024x1024\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e304pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155608\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlats du Jour\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewas one of Jane Grigson’s favourite books: if ever she saw one in a jumble sale she bought it to give as a present. For, as the well-known food historian, Alan Davidson, wrote, ‘it is a very good book indeed. Its principal ingredients, the knowledge and amiable enthusiasm of the authors, have given it a lasting value.’ And he pointed out that it is a very original cookery book, written in unpretentious language, in an unprescriptive, relaxed way by two cooks with whom it is easy to identify.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Gentleman believes that ‘Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd’s admirable and practical \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlats du Jour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e [is] every bit as good as Elizabeth David’. In fact, in terms of sales and influence it was Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd who were the pioneers in introducing English cooks to French everyday cookery. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlats du Jour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e sold 50,000 copies in the first few months after publication and 100,000 in the next three years, an astonishing amount at the time. It was only in the 1960s that Elizabeth David started to become a symbol of the transformation of English middle-class eating habits. Before that \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlats du Jour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was the favourite and influential French cookery book. Recently Nigella Lawson wrote: '\u003cspan\u003eLove this book - one of my late mother's favourites.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eEndpaper for \u003cem\u003ePlats du Jour\u003c\/em\u003e by David Gentleman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eOne of the illustrations by David Gentleman for \u003cem\u003ePlats du Jour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patience Gray","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098806866227,"sku":"gap1789695026811","price":24.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098806898995,"sku":"sjc1789695026812","price":30.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098806931763,"sku":"csr1789695026812","price":34.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098806964531,"sku":"qtl1789695026813","price":48.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/plats-du-jour_1.jpg?v=1789695030","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/plats-du-jour","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}