Rachel Khoo, the British host of Little Paris Kitchen on Cooking Channel (Saturdays at 2:30pm ET), thinks French cooking gets an unwarranted bad name. The inner circle of food culture has embraced fanciful molecular gastronomy, uber locavorism and other various food fads, while French cooking has been associated with ornery, tall toque-adorned chefs dousing incredibly intricate recipes with butter. Rachel Khoo is out to prove that you don’t need formal Le Cordon Bleu training (though she has it) to prepare a delicious French meal. She does it every day with a little oven and a two ring gas stove in her tiny Parisian flat that she had converted into the city’s smallest restaurant.
Rachel’s new cookbook, The Little Paris Kitchen, contains 120 simple but classic French recipes. It covers the mainstays you’d expect — Bouillabaisse and Mousse aux chocolat — but also has stories about her own twists on recipes and her life in Paris.
Want a sneak peek? Here are a few recipes from the book:
We’re giving away three copies of The Little Paris Kitchen: 120 Simple But Classic French Recipes to three lucky, randomly selected Devour readers. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post with your answer to this question: What is Rachel’s twist on the classic French cassoulet? (hint: the answer can be found in our Cooking with Rachel Khoo gallery.)
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So, tell us: What is Rachel’s twist on the classic French cassoulet? (check our Cooking with Rachel Khoo gallery for the answer and more on the show.)
Tune in to Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo every Saturday at 2:30pm ET on Cooking Channel.
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It would not have occurred to me to prepare a cassoulette as a soup were it not for Rachel.
Seems like her twist is to turn the cassoulet into a soup. My wife and I love the show!
Transforming a classic French cassoulet into a soup
Making cassoulet as a soup
To make the cassoulet into a soup.
To turn the cassoulet into a soup.
I would never thought to turn it into a soup! Must try it!
She transforms a classic French cassoulet into a soup.
She transforms it into soup
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This is a wonderful show … with a refreshing perspective! It proves you don't require more than the basics & an understanding of technique to make really tasty food…even if you're making french food. LOL. Little Paris Kitchen makes french food approachable.
She turned it into soup.
Cassoulet Soup? What a good idea!
By transforming it into a soup
By transforming it into a Soup !!
Transforming the classic Cassoulet dish into a tasty soup.
I agree with @Shannon "This is a wonderful show … with a refreshing perspective! It proves you don't require more than the basics & an understanding of technique to make really tasty food…even if you're making french food…"
Hoping Cooking Channel will bring us more cooking shows like this!
Make Life Delicious!!
Her twist is turning it into a soup.
Make it soup!
Such an entertaining show. Hope I win the cookbook
Her twist – she turns it into a soup!
Love Rachels's tiny kitchen So glad to learn that she has a cookbook. I wonder if she would move to a bigger place if she could afford it?
She transforms it into a soup.
She puts her own twist on it by transforming it into a soup. Lovely.
Turning it into a soup.
WOW!! A soup!! Who would have thought that!!! I am so doing this next time!!!
She puts her twist on it by turning it into a soup.
her twist on the classic French cassoulet by transforming it into a soup
Happy to hear she has a cookbook.
Cassoulet soup
Rachel transforms the classic cassoulet dish into a tasty soup.
wow turning to soup
I would love it! Looks great!
She turned the cassoulet into a soup. What a twist!
she turns a simple casserole into a wonderful soup. would love to have the cookbook to try other receipes that she has done a twist on.
Rachel and her amazing recipes, gorgeous outfits and je ne sais quoi literally kept me from discarding my TV.
Twisting up a classic French cassoulet and turning it into a soup!
mmm nonm nom french cassoulet into a soup, I need that biik!
Turn it into a soup!
Turning cassoulet into a soup
She makes it into a soup. Genius!
Rachel's twist on this classic was to break it down into a soup. BTW, my 6 year old is in love with Rachel's fashion style and her lipstick
I am so glad that I have this set to DVR every time it is on 
Cassoulet into soup! Brilliant!
Her twist – she turns it into a soup!
Her twist is to turn the cassoulet into a soup!
I prefer the much lighter soup transformation…great idea!
her twist is she turned it into a soup. I just found this show yesterday and Love Love all her recipes!!! Huge fan of the show!
Turns cassoulet into a soup – great idea
Make it soup! I've had several time when dishes intended to be plated became bowled–and were even better!
Making it into a soup!
She transforms it into a soup!
Love the her and the show, it would appear the twist is to transform the cassoulet into a soup…Go Rachel!!!