Potato Cake

Pommes Anna

Preparation info
  • Makes 1 “Cake,” Enough for about

    8

    Side-Dish Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About

In the winter when air fares are low and the tourists are gone, I often take a quick jaunt to Paris. I keep costs down by staying in a hotel that’s a little worn around the edges, but budgetary concerns end whenever my nose and stomach are involved. I always treat myself to a copper pot or two in one of the cooking supply shops near the edge of what was once Les Halles. For anyone who likes to cook, these shops, glistening with beautiful thick hammered copper, are hard to resist. One especi