Search

My Culinate

About Richard Olney

Olney (1927–1999) is best known for his books of French country cooking, including Simple French Food. He was also the editor of the 27-volume Time-Life book series The Good Cook. His focus on seasonal cuisine influenced the development of California cuisine in the 1970s and his books are still widely read today.

Status

Hide

Richard Olney has not set a status

Featured Books by Richard Olney

Lulu’s Provençal Table

Simple French Food

Author Feed

View All

Latest Blog Posts

View All

Richard Olney has not yet posted.

Authors: feel free to contact us about your author page.

Author:

Richard Olney

Browse

Richard Olney’s Content

Recipes

Recipe Boxes

Friends

Friends

BlogHer Ads

Home-cooking hurdles

Time, money, effort, knowledge . . .

Want to cook more from scratch? Here’s how to get started.

Dinner Guest Blog

A gluten-free Thanksgiving

How everyone’s favorite holiday can be gluten-free

Excerpts

The Christmas Table

Recipes and Crafts to Create Your Own Holiday Tradition

Front Burner

Meat: quality over quantity

Buy and cook good meat on the cheap

The Culinate Interview

Jesús González

The teaching chef

Most Popular Articles
Our Table Rice and bean favorites The ultimate budget meal	Front Burner On board — A closer look at your knife’s best friend Unexplained Bacon Looking sharp — How to buy the only knife you really need The Culinate 8 A winter-squash glossary — Seasonal favorites — and how to cook ‘em The Culinate 8 Classic Thanksgiving — All the turkey-day basics

Editor’s Choice
Features Traveling sideshow Vegetable dishes that can travel to Thanksgiving and beyond	Front Burner Dough day — An illustrated guide to making pie dough Features The unturkey — Four different ways of celebrating Thanksgiving The Produce Diaries Pomegranates First Person Cooking by the book — Remembrance of books past

Most Emailed
Culinate Kitchen Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies	Unexplained Bacon Looking sharp — How to buy the only knife you really need Culinate Kitchen Apple Cake with Brown-Sugar Frosting Our Table Rice and bean favorites — The ultimate budget meal Culinate Kitchen White Bean, Orange Squash, and Kale Soup

Contact Culinate | Feedback |


Entire Site Recipes