Bibliograph

The gourmands' way, six Americans in Paris and the birth of a new gastronomy, Justin Spring

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The gourmands' way, six Americans in Paris and the birth of a new gastronomy, Justin Spring

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gourmands' way

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

968639385

Responsibility statement

Justin Spring

Sub title

six Americans in Paris and the birth of a new gastronomy

Summary

Describes the lives of six Americans who wrote extensively about food and wine as they traveled, explored, immersed themselves in culture, and struggled with their writing careers in France between 1945 and 1974

Table Of Contents

Liebling and the Lion of Belfort -- The Franco-American (kitchen) alliance -- Alice Toklas starts over -- Gourmet, Brillat-Savarin and Paris cuisine -- Out on the town with Paul and Julia -- Richard Olney starts out -- Becoming Julia Child -- "As if a cook book had anything to do with writing" -- "I am a merchant of pleasure" -- Aromas and flavors of past and present -- "A dreamer of wine" -- A changing of the guard -- Olney stays on -- M. F. K. Fisher and the cooking of Provincial France -- Olney in the Var -- The end of the affair

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