The French cooking of everyday life is lighthearted, accessible, and suited to modern tastes. Whether it's getting weeknight dinners on the table fairly fast (Basil Beef, Rhubarb Chops, or Carrot Juice Chicken) or leisurely cooking for dining at a slightly slower pace (Lamb Tagine, Holiday Hen, or Fennel Bass), Laura Calder shares recipes she's created at home in her own French kitchen.

LAURA CALDER is the author of French Food At Home; French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating, awarded gold at the Canadian Culinary Cookbook Awards in 2010; and Dinner Chez Moi: The Fine Art of Feeding Friends.

She wrote and hosted 78 episodes of the Food Network Canada series French Food at Home (also airing on Cooking Channel USA and worldwide, and the winner of a James Beard Award for best food television show in a fixed location). She also hosted the James Beard-nominated one-hour special The Chateau Dinner and was a participating host in the Food Network Canada Christmas special Twas the Night Before Dinner. She was a panel judge for two seasons on the Food Network Canada series Recipe to Riches, and has judged on both Iron Chef America and Top Chef Canada. In 2011, Cooking Channel USA produced and aired a one-hour "Chefography" on Laura Calder, a biography of her life and career in food. She has most recently filmed a one-hour special/pilot in the French Alps for Cooking Channel USA, which aired August 2012.

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