Our State - Down Home in North Carolina Feb 05 issue " From 1975 to 1986 the little known town of Selma was the unlikely home of the renowned French Country Inn restaurant. This loving tribute to self-taught Chef Phil Forman includes his authentic French Provincial recipes, the restaurant's history, and memoirs of the trips to France that inspired his culinary dreams."

The Quill - South Carolina Writers Workshop - Summer 2004 "You've written a biography, a tribute and a historical narrative all in one, all bound together with precision and elegance ... Your travel stories read a bit like Hemingway ..."
Editor In Chief Peggy Cwiakala, The Quill

The Writers' Network News - NC Writers' Network - January/February 2005 "... a practical, educational Cookbook/Memoir on provincial France. Besides menus & recipes, it is how this self-taught French chef used his hobby to establish an internationally recognized restaurant in the heart of NC tobacco country. The Travelogue takes the traveler into the French countryside to find places few tourists ever encounter."

Dreamalot Books, Goose Creek, SC "... This long awaited cookbook/memoir tells how the now deceased, self-taught French Chef Phil Forman established the French Country Inn, his internationally acclaimed restaurant in the heart of North Carolina tobacco country. It also includes a travelogue, as told by his surviving spouse Cree, of three working vacations in France along with maps that can be used to follow in his footsteps. The book features Phil's menus and recipes for seven provinces of France ... This is a wonderful book for any lover of history and fine French cuisine."

Published: 2004
Press Pages: 180 Dimensions: 6.5"x9.5"
Price: $18.00* U.S.
(*includes tax)

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