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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hénaut, Stéphane.     Subjects     Gastronomy -- France -- History.     Food habits -- France -- History.     Dinners and dining -- Political aspects -- France -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hénaut, Stéphane.       by title:      A bite-sized history...       by call number:      394.12 H677b     Search the Web     Hénaut, Stéphane.     Gastronomy -- France -- History.     Food habits -- France -- History.     Dinners and dining -- Political aspects -- France -- History.       MARC Display

A bite-sized history of France : gastronomic tales of revolution, war, and enlightenment / Stéphane Hénaut and Jeni Mitchell. by Hénaut, Stéphane. New Press, 2018. Call #: 394.12 H677b Subjects Gastronomy -- France -- History.   Food habits -- France -- History.   Dinners and dining -- Political aspects -- France -- History. ISBN:  9781620972519 (hc.) Description:  333 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Our ancestors, the Gauls -- The virgin of the kidney -- Barbarians at the plate -- Ode to gluttony -- Left behind : the goats of Poitou -- The sweetest king -- They came from the sea -- Feudal fare -- Of monks and men -- Fighting for plums -- The wine that got away -- The vegetarian heresy -- A papal red -- The white gold of Gurande -- Legacy of a black prince -- The vinegar of the four thieves -- The cheese of emperors and mad kings -- La dame de beaut and the mushroom mystery -- Fruits of the Renaissance -- The mother sauces -- Conquest and chocolate -- The culinary contributions of madame serpent -- A chicken in every pot -- The chestnut insurgency -- The bitter roots of sugar -- The liquor of the gods -- The crescent controversy -- War and peas -- The devil's wine -- An enlightened approach to food -- Revolution in the cafes -- Pain d'egalite -- The potato propagandist -- The pyramid provocation -- The man who abolished the seasons -- The fifth crepe -- The king of cheeses -- A revolutionary banquet -- The end of the oyster express -- Revelation in a bottle -- The curse of the green fairy -- Siege gastronomy -- The peanut patrimony -- Gastronomads on the sun road -- A friend in difficult hours -- A mutiny and a laughing cow -- "Bread, peace, and liberty" : the socialist baguette -- Couscous : the assimilation (or not) of empire -- The forgotten vegetables -- Canon Kir joins the resistance -- France and the United States : from liberation to exasperation -- Conclusion. Summary:  "A French cheesemonger and an American academic and ex-pat join forces to serve up a sumptuous history of France and its food, in the delicious tradition of Anthony Bourdain, Peter Mayle, and Pamela Druckerman"--Publisher. Other authors:  Mitchell, Jeni. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 394.12 H677b Adult books Checked out May 30, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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