The Gourmands' Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy
by Spring, Justin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0374103151
- ISBN 13
- 9780374103156
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New. Small black remainder dot on the top edge. A biography of six writers on food and wine whose lives and careers intersected in mid-twentieth-century France. During the thirty-year boom in France following World War IIâles Trente GlorieusesâParis was not only the world's most stylish tourist destination, it was also the world capital of gastronomic genius. In The Gourmands' Way, Justin Spring tells the story of six American writer-adventurers having the time of their lives in the City of Light during this period and, in doing so, transforming the way Americans talk and think about foodâand the way they eat. The six are A. J. Liebling, Alice B. Toklas, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Alexis Lichine, and Richard Olney. The Gourmands' Way is the first book ever to look at these unforgettable figures as a group. 2017. A11.
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- Better Bindings (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 548
- Title
- The Gourmands' Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy
- Author
- Spring, Justin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0374103151
- ISBN 13
- 9780374103156
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 433
- Size
- 6.49 x 1.48 x 9.33 inches
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction. New.
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