Food Culture in France (Food Culture around the World)
French cooking has been seen as the pinnacle of gastronomy. Food Culture in France provides an accessible tour of haute cuisine but also mainly the everyday food culture that sustains the populace. It illuminates the French way of life as well as showing what the popular cooking shows, such as Julia Child's, were based on. Readers will find the basics discussed in...
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Boulangerie: The Craft and Culture of Baking in France
In France, the boulangerie--the bakery--along with the village church, has always been at the heart of the community. This beautiful book captures the essence of this centuries-old tradition and provides readers with 36 authentic recipes for classic breads and pastries. 30 color photos....
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Feast and Folly: Cuisine, Intoxication, and the Poetics of the Sublime (S U N Y Series in Postmodern Culture)
Treats French cuisine as a fine art, offering both historical background as well as a deep analysis of the social, political, and aesthetic aspects of cuisine and taste....
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French Food: On the Table, On the Page, and in French Culture
More than a book about food alone, French Food uses diet as a window into issues of nationality, literature, and culture in France and abroad. Outstanding contributors from cultural studies, literary criticism, performance studies, and the emerging field of food studies explore a wide range of food matters....
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Terroir: The Role of Geology, Climate, and Culture in the Making of French Wines
The French word, terroir, is used to describe all the ecological factors that make a particular type of wine special to the region of its origin. James E. Wilson uses his training as a geologist and his years of research in the wine regions of France to fully examine the concept of terroir. The result combines natural history, social history, and scientific study,...
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