The Cook's Atelier

The Cook’s Atelier cookbook offers a taste of Burgundy, with classic French recipes and cooking techniques, captivating photos, and stories of a family's life in France.

Mother-daughter duo Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini always dreamed of living in France. With a lot of hard work and a dash of fate, they realized this dream and co-founded The Cook’s Atelier, a celebrated French cooking school in the storybook town of Beaune, located in the heart of Burgundy’s wine region. Combining their professional backgrounds in food and wine, they created an international culinary destination, attracting visitors from near and far for their approachable and convivial style of cooking.  For the first time, they invite the reader inside their family Atelier to experience the warmth and magic through their debut cookbook, The Cook’s Atelier (Abrams, April 10, 2018).