Breakfast Lunch Tea by Rose Carrarini is the hardcover bible that fans of the Rose Bakery in Paris reach for when they want simple, seasonal French dishes for every daylight meal. Rose Carrarini’s gentle voice guides cooks through breakfasts of flaky pastries, inventive midday plates, and the teatime cakes that made the bakery famous.
Phaidon’s 2011 edition is illustrated throughout, its photographs capturing the airy, organic spirit of the original Rose Bakery. The book’s generous layout invites relaxed browsing, while concise headnotes explain why each recipe works without fuss or pretension.
This used copy shows only light shelf wear: the spine is a touch sun-faded, the boards have minor scuffs, and a couple of page edges carry faint marks, yet every page remains crisp, unmarked, and tightly bound—ready for kitchen duty. It’s an English-language cookbook that feels equally at home on a coffee table or propped open beside a stand mixer.
Collectors of Parisian French cookbooks and anyone who loves cookbooks focused on breakfast, lunch, and tea will appreciate this gently loved copy of Breakfast Lunch Tea. Slip it into a gift basket of artisanal flour and jam, or keep it for yourself and start baking the Rose Bakery way.