French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

The great French culinary master Gaston Lenôtre (1920-2009) opened his first pastry shop with his wife, Colette, in Normandy in 1945, and another in Paris a decade later, before founding École Lenôtre with his son, Alain, in 1971, which has trained the world’s leading pastry chefs. Lenôtre Paris is a culinary empire--from restaurants and catering, to an international network of bakeries and culinary education centers, it embodies French savoir vivre and savoir faire. First published in French, this classic reference has been translated into English, German, Japanese, and Danish. Two of Lenôtre’s children participated in this updated edition: Sylvie Gille-Naves, who developed several cookbooks with her father, along with Alain Lenôtre and his wife, Marie, who together founded the Culinary Institute Lenôtre in Houston, Texas, ranked as the best college for culinary arts in America by Niche.