Nos grands-mères aux fourneaux gathers recipes and recollections from the rural kitchen traditions of the Orléanais. Gérard Boutet presents the everyday foodways of the French countryside through short anecdotes and practical dishes, emphasizing seasonal ingredients, household economy, and the culinary memory carried by grandmothers and local cooks. The book preserves the language and atmosphere of peasant cooking: simple preparations and regional specialties, alongside the social customs surrounding meals at home, in the fields, and in village life. It is both a cookbook and a cultural record, linking recipes to the landscapes, habits, and stories that shaped them.