Cree Forman was born near Mauldin,SC, in 1925 in the house her Dad, a farmer, built for his family of seven children. Today, that small wooden house still stands, next to a large condominium complex, on the road between Mauldin and Conestee. She is happy to have experienced the best and the worst of years - the Great Depression - "what stories to tell!" and she is proud to say, "those rough times made me the strong person I am today."
Since she began writing at the age of 69 to complete her husband's cookbook, established her self-publishing business at 78, and has traveled extensively, Cree has published two books on France. She continues to write while "out there" selling the books herself and her third book (her stories) is due out in 2009. Her 4th and 5th books are in progress - one - a True Crime.
Cree does not speak French but enjoys speaking to high school and college French and English Classes about provincial France and its culture. She loves talking to all age groups from 5th grade on through middle school, as well as Senior's Groups, about her growing up years and other topics.
Cree speaks on her writing life and "What Writing Can Do for You." Another subject she talks on is: "My Journey Into Writing and Self-publishing."
Please visit her website: http://www.thefrenchcountryinn.com
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French chef Phil Forman's widow, Cree, spent nine years becoming a writer and self-publisher to comp... Phil and The French Country Inn  | French chef Phil Forman's widow, Cree, spent nine years becoming a writer and self-publisher to complete his Cookbook, Phil and The French Country Inn. She added historic facts and a French travelogue of their life running an authentic French Provincial restaurant in the heart of tobacco country, Selma, North Carolina.
Phil and The French Country Inn is an inspirational, practical, love story. Follow the story of Phil Forman from his childhood in Mt. Kisco, NY, to his stint in the Navy, to his college years and career as Sales Representative for a major pharmaceutical company. Applaud his decision to take early retirement and pursue his life long desire to cook.
Share his success as he establishes a world-renown French Restaurant in the heart of North Carolina tobacco country. Meet the family who supported him and worked at his side. Travel with them to France and explore the secrets of its cuisine, countryside and citizenry.
Most of all, learn from this inquisitive, self-taught man that the impossible dream can be possible, at any age. Maple Vail $16.95 Subject: Cookbook/Memoir close |
- The French - Captured Completely Details
In 2004 author Cree Forman completed a labor of love, publishing her first book in memory of her hus... The French - Captured Completely  | In 2004 author Cree Forman completed a labor of love, publishing her first book in memory of her husband. Phil and the French Country Inn was one part cookbook and two parts culinary memoir. It celebrated Cree’s and her husband Phil’s passion for French cuisine and their adoration of the French culture. Over three trips in a span of 11 years, they explored the countryside and brought back to NC the distinct flavors that for decades made their restaurant a popular destination for patrons.
In The French - Captured Completely, Forman narrates a travelogue rich in experience and observation, detailing six more trips to France taken between 1988 and 2007. Readers who embraced Cree’s first book will enjoy this memoir as a delightful extension of the first, offering a keen eye and ear for the sights and sounds that uniquely define France.
“Those were working vacations. Therefore our minds were more on the food and happenings in the different restaurants out in the privinces of France,” Cree says of the first three trips to France detailed in the first book. “The trips here focus more on places and people.” Lightning Source $16.95 Subject: Travel Memoir - an extension of Phil and The French Country Inn. close |
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