Colette Rossant
| Colette Rossant | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932 Paris |
| Residence | France, USA |
| Nationality | French-American |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne |
| Occupation | writer, cookbook author, translator, restaurateur, teacher |
| Notable credit(s) | author of three food memoirs, seven cookbooks, and four translations |
| Spouse(s) | James Rossant |
| Children | Marianne, Juliette, Cecile, Tomas |
| Relatives | Eddy Palacci |
| Website | coletterossant |
Colette Rossant (born 1932) is a French-American cookbook author, journalist, translator, and restaurateur, who is a member of the Pallache family.
Born in Paris, Rossant traveled with her mother to Cairo to live with her father and her father's family during World War II. Her mother spent much of the war in Beirut (part of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon), while her brother Eddy Palacci remained in Paris with their mother's parents.
After World War II, Rossant returned to Paris and lived with her grandmother and brother, joined occasionally by her mother. In Paris, she studied at the Lycée La Fontaine. She spent a year learning English at Roedean School near Brighton, UK. She earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne in 1954. She married American architect James Rossant in 1955.
Moving to New York with her husband in 1955, Rossant pursued several careers, often simultaneously: teaching, writing, translating, restaurant business, and raising a family.
Rossant spent many years teaching French. She was first a language instructor at the Browning School (1957–1961). She then taught French at Hofstra University (1961–1970). She became head of the French department at St. Anne's School (1970–1983). Her last position was as Liaison Officer at the New York branch of Crédit Lyonnais (1985–2000).
Exploring New York, Rossant became very interested in bettering the food she found there. She published her first of seven cookbooks in 1975 (and last to date in 1991). Her third cookbook, A Mostly French Food Processor Cookbook (1980) sold more than 50,000 copies and made a name for her in the Food industry. She became "underground gourmet" for New York Magazine in the 1980s. She served as food and design editor for McCalls Magazine (1983–1990). She then became a columnist for the New York Daily News, where she wrote a popular Wednesday column called "Ask Colette." Currently, she contributes to Food Arts and Super Chef magazines.
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