Celebrated chef Stephane Reynaud pares down delicious French food to its essential best ingredients with 160 one-pot recipes that even the most inexperienced or time-poor cooks will love.

There are pre-dinner dips and snacks; hearty vegetarian dishes; simple one-pot recipes for fish, beef, lamb, pork or poultry; slow-cooked roasts, delicately seasoned with herbs and spices; classically simple one-pan desserts such as clafoutis; and even ideas for the perfect cheese course.

The hands-on preparation time is absolutely minimal, and then just one pot or tray does all the work for you. This is the simplest bistro food to recreate at home.

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Stéphane Reynaud is a French chef and author of award-winning and bestselling cookery books on French food. He co-owns the bistro Oui Mon Général in the seventh arrondissement of Paris.