Toadstools and Fairy Rings: French Recipes

My grandmother was born in Nice, France, but immigrated to the US after meeting my grandfather while he was there as a US soldier in WW II. When I was a child, she brought me to France to visit her sister who still lives in Nice. She passed away when I was 15, and I inherited a very old French cookbook that was originally from her mother, a native of St. Marie-aux-mines in Alsace.

The title is La Cuisine: Guide Practique De La Ménagère by R. Blondeau, Chef de Cuisine. It could be translated as "Practical Guide for the Household," or "Practical Guide for the Housewife," but I thought it sounded more like "The Kitchen: Practical Guide of the Household Cook," as it is not written for housewives, but for cooks hired to cook for a family.

I thought it would be interesting to translate the recipes - not just into English, but also into a format that we modern folks can work with, and test them out with seasonal goods from the garden. I'll start out with a translated version of the original recipe, and then have a more modern format, with notes for what worked for me in the kitchen.