Cassoulet Confessions: Food, France, Family and the Stew That Saved My Soul by Sylvie Bigar

  • Cassoulet adapted from Eric Garcia’s (page 138)

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    • Categories: Stews & one-pot meals; Stocks; Main course; French
    • Ingredients: haricots lingots; pig trotters; pork rind; celery; thyme sprigs; parsley; bay leaves; whole cloves; duck fat; pork belly; onions; garlic; garlic sausages; ham bones; ham hocks
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    • KNivia on April 26, 2026

      I know this is not traditional cassoulet, BUT it’s still delicious and you can make it in one day! One thing we skipped is to push the crust down into the stew throughout cooking…we did not do this because the oven temperature drops so drastically but this was not a good idea because the beans on top stayed “crunchy” and not fully cooked. So don’t skip this step! Ofherwise excellent recipe!!

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  • ISBN 10 1743797966
  • ISBN 13 9781743797969
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  • Published Mar 30 2022
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 160
  • Language English
  • Countries Australia
  • Publisher Hardie Grant

Publishers Text

Cassoulet Confessions is an enthralling memoir by award-winning food and travel writer Sylvie Bigar that reveals how a simple journalistic assignment sparked a culinary obsession and transcended into a quest for identity. Set in the stunning southern French countryside, this honest and poignant memoir conveys hunger for authentic food and a universal hunger for home.

In Cassoulet Confessions, Sylvie travels across the Atlantic from her home in New York to the origin of cassoulet – the Occitanie region of Southern France. There she immerses herself in all things cassoulet; the quintessential historic meat and bean stew. From her first spoonful, she is transported back to her dramatic childhood in Geneva, Switzerland and finds herself journeying through an unexpected rabbit hole of memories. Not only does she discover the deeper meanings of her ancestral French cuisine, but she is ultimately transformed by having to face her unsettling, complex family history. Sylvie's simple but poetic prose immerses us in her story: we smell the simmering aromas of French kitchens, empathize with her family dilemmas, and experience her internal struggle to understand and ultimately accept herself.

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