Title:
Provence, 1970 : M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste
Author:
Barr, Luke.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2013]
Physical Description:
309 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Presents a dramatic account of the 1970 gathering in Provence where such culinary luminaries as James Beard and Julia Child debated and inadvertently launched the modern food movement in America.
Language:
English
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 Réveillon -- Going home -- Last house -- New beginnings -- Provence now.
ISBN:
9780307718341
Format :
Book
