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French Feast, A Traveler's Literary Companion

French Feast, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by William Rodarmor

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

With deliciously idiosyncratic twists, you won't find recipes or expats or sweet nostalgia in this sampling of contemporary short stories, many translated by editor William Rodarmor. As his co-conspirator Jean Anderson puts it in the introduction, "none of the 30 stories is really about food; they're about people". (FRN970, $14.95)

Hungry For Paris, The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants

Hungry For Paris, The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants

by Alexander Lobrano

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 437 PAGES

An American in Paris since 1986, European correspondent for Gourmet and editor of Zagat's Paris, Lobrano brings a journalist's savvy and a food lover's insight to this enchanting guide to 100 places to eat, enlivened by color photographs and charming essays on French food and dining. (FRN985, $17.00)

The Food of France

The Food of France

by Waverly Root

  • FOOD
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 450 PAGES

An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, the book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace) and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)

Balzac's Omelette

Balzac's Omelette

by Anka Muhlstein

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 230 PAGES

"Tell me where you eat, what you eat, and at what time you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Balzac's statement is at the heart of Muhlstein's delicious tour through the lows and highs -- and especially the feasts -- of 19th-century French society. With Balzac's writing as a guide, she shows how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class and social climbing more suggestively even than money or appearances. (FRN989, $19.95)

 
Made in France, A Shopper's Guide

Made in France, A Shopper's Guide


by Laura Morelli

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Both a fascinating history of France's artisanal legacy and an insider's shopping guide, the book includes illustrations, maps, a primer on French shopping culture and craft festivals. (FRN706, $24.95)

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