Cooking for the Kennedys

From an anonymous foundling in a village church in the Drôme to the private kitchens of the Kennedy family — Cooking for the Kennedys tells the extraordinary true story of Andrée Imbert, the French cook who won the trust of America's most famous dynasty. Valérie Paturaud follows Andrée's path from the family restaurant of her childhood through the kitchens of Lyon's legendary "Mères Lyonnaises," along the glamorous Riviera, and finally to Palm Beach and Hyannis Port, where she became the woman behind Rose Kennedy's galas, birthday cakes and quiet family comforts. Accompanied by Joann Pai's photography and more than 60 recipes lovingly reinterpreted by chef Cathleen Clarity, the book weaves Andrée's original notebook recipes — pistou soup, cheese soufflé, pumpkin gratin with curry and saffron, Thanksgiving classics — together with rare private photographs and documents.