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(1932-2023) Author, critic, memoirist. Colette Rossant was born in Paris, France, and died in Normandy, France. She lived in New York from 1955 until 2002.

Full Name

Colette Rossant

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline


1932

BIRTH

Colette Rossant was born Colette Sol Palacci in Paris, France, on January 18, 1932.

1955

OTHER

Ms. Rossant moved to New York in 1955.

1961

OTHER

Ms. Rossant taught French at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, from 1961 until 1970.

1975

LITWORK

Cooking With Colette
New York: Scribner
0684142678 / 978-0684142678
Cookbook.

1977

LITWORK

A Mostly French Food Processor Cookbook
A Plume Book

Cookbook by Colette Rossant and Jill Harris Herman.

1981

LITWORK

Colette Rossant's After Five Gourmet
Random House, Inc.
0394505069 / 978-0394505060
Cookbook.

1985

LITWORK

Colette's Japanese Cuisine
Kodansha International Ltd.
0870117289 / 978-0870117282
Cookbook.

1986

LITWORK

New Kosher Cooking
Arbor House
0877958025 / 978-0877958024
Cookbook.

1991

LITWORK

Vegetables: Growing, Cooking, Keeping
Studio
067082710X / 978-0670827107
Nonfiction by Colette Rossant and Marianne Melendez.

1999

LITWORK

Memories of a Lost Egypt: A Memoir with Recipes
Clarkson Potter
0609601504 / 978-0609601501
Memoir.

2001

LITWORK

Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes
Bloomsbury
0747553971 / 978-0747553977
Memoir.

2004

LITWORK

Return to Paris: A Memoir
Washington Square Press
0743439686 / 978-0743439688
Memoir.

2006

LITWORK

The World in My Kitchen: The Adventures of a (Mostly) French Woman in New York
Atria
0743490282 / 978-0743490283
Memoir.

2023

DEATH

Colette Rossant died at her home in Normandy, France, on October 12, 2023.

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