Marling MenuMaster for France Author:William E. Marling The bewildering terms and expressions that have so many times baffled you at home when you ate at a French-type restaurant, or one that affected French names on its menu, are before you now in all seriousness! — In France, this is all you will find, for an English translation of a French menu is rare in French restaurants. The list of dishes is a... more » long one. The complexities are real. But the fame and universal admiration for French cooking must somehow be merited, and you are about to put it to your own individual test.
First, however, you may want to have some idea of what a meal is composed, how it is cooked, so that you can form the mental picture necessary for deciding what to order. This book has been devised, pocket-size, to enable you quickly and accurately to translate into American English, category by category or course by course, what is currently being offered in the restaurants of France. It includes regional dishes that have general appeal throughout the country, and words and expressions that you will constantly encounter on menus.« less