Format:
Book
Title:
Provence, 1970 : M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste / Luke Barr.
Author:
Barr, Luke.
Call Number:
641.597309 BARR
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2013]
Description:
309 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects:
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
Child, Julia.
Jones, Judith, 1924-2017
Beard, James, 1903-1985.
Olney, Richard.
Olney, Richard -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Provence.
Cooking, American -- History -- 20th century.
Cooking, American -- Philosophy.
Provence (France) -- Biography.
Provence (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Genre:
Cookbooks.
Contents:
All alone : December 20, 1970 -- Ten weeks earlier -- En Route to provence -- An epic dinner with Richard Olney -- First meals in France -- La Pitchoune, country retreat -- James Beard's doomed diet -- Paris interlude -- A dinner party at the Childs' -- Sexual politics -- Twilight of the snobs -- Escape -- The ghost of Arles and Avignon -- Christmas and ReĢveillon -- Going home -- Last house -- New beginnings -- Provence now.
ISBN:
9780307718341 (hbk.)
0307718344 (hbk.)
* 9780770433314 (ebk.)