Article: French bistro dinner ... it's simple, unpretentious, generous. (recipes)

At its best, French bistro cuisine is simple, unpretentious food well prepared and generously proportioned. This cooking also tends to highlight a region's local ingredients, as you'll in this uncomplicated supper we encountered in Burgundy. You can easily manage this meal at home. A crisp oven-browned cake of sliced potatoes with herbs bakes while you prepare the Swiss chard and season the thick double-cut lamb ribs with an aromatic paste of juniper berries. As the chops brown, cook the chard. The tender leaves cook more quickly than the stems, so separate them and cook the stems first; add the leaves later, along with a tangy bit of Roquefort cheese. Or you can choose ...

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