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The perfect meal : in search of the lost tastes of France / John Baxter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial, ©2013.Description: 382 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062088062
  • 0062088068
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Contents:
First catch your pansy -- First catch your menu -- First catch your mentor -- First catch your tipple -- First catch your sturgeon -- First catch your madeleine -- First catch your fungus -- First catch your lamprey -- First catch your king -- First catch your rascasse -- First catch your elephant -- First catch fire -- First catch your socca -- First catch your burger -- First catch your hare -- First catch your bouillon -- First catch your chef -- First catch your market -- First catch your anchovy -- First catch your noisette -- First catch your ox -- First catch your feast -- The menu -- Recipes.
Summary: As old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking fade and are forgotten, so too are some of the most revered and complex elements of French cuisine in danger of disappearing. Part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, Baxter takes readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the world's great cultural achievements before they disappear completely.
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IACP Cookbook Award Winner (Culinary Travel)

"Full of humor, insight, and mouth-watering details, The Perfect Meal is a delightful tour of traditional French culture and cuisine." --Travel and Leisure

John Baxter's The Perfect Meal is part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, taking readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the world's great gastronomic delights before they disappear completely.

Some of the most revered and complex elements of French cuisine are in danger of disappearing as old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking fade and are forgotten. In this charming culinary travel memoir, John Baxter follows up his bestselling The Most Beautiful Walk in the World by taking his readers on the hunt for some of the most delicious and bizarre endangered foods of France.

The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France is the perfect read for foodies and Francophiles, cooks and gastronomists, and fans of food culture.

Includes index.

First catch your pansy -- First catch your menu -- First catch your mentor -- First catch your tipple -- First catch your sturgeon -- First catch your madeleine -- First catch your fungus -- First catch your lamprey -- First catch your king -- First catch your rascasse -- First catch your elephant -- First catch fire -- First catch your socca -- First catch your burger -- First catch your hare -- First catch your bouillon -- First catch your chef -- First catch your market -- First catch your anchovy -- First catch your noisette -- First catch your ox -- First catch your feast -- The menu -- Recipes.

As old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking fade and are forgotten, so too are some of the most revered and complex elements of French cuisine in danger of disappearing. Part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, Baxter takes readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the world's great cultural achievements before they disappear completely.

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