The Casserole Cookbook Author:Myra Waldo 170 Classic Recipes from the Casserolde Cuisine - although the idea for cooking a complete meal in one pot undoubtedly goes back several thousand years, meal in a dish cookery truly flourished in the sensitive hands of the French. About 1700, Gallic chefs began to cook in a "casse", an enormous open pan. They soon modified this often unwieldy ... more »receptacle into a smaller one with higher sides and fairly tight cover, and dubbed it the "casserole". And they promply glorified the casserole with some of the most delectable dishes ever created for man's delight and nourishment. Examples: Coq au Vin (Chicken in Red Wine), Boeuf a la Bourguignonne (Beef, Burgundy Style), and dozens more from countries around the world, including Greece, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Chile, India, Iran, China, Arabia and Mexico.« less