The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food by Gopnik, Adam - 2011-10-25

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Knopf, 2011-10-25. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good+ DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Hardcover. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Bright copy. Strong and tight binding. DJ is matte, clean, crisp.

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Knopf. Used - Very Good. 2011. Hardcover. Very Good.

Knopf, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tight, clean.

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With inimitable charm and learning, Adam Gopnik takes us on a beguiling journey in search of that meaning as he charts America's recent and rapid evolution from commendably aware eaters to manic, compulsive gastronomes. It is a journey that begins in eighteenth-century France-the birthplace of our modern tastes (and, by no coincidence, of the restaurant)-and carries us to the kitchens of the White House, the molecular meccas of Barcelona, and beyond. To understand why so many of us apparently live to eat, Gopnik delves into the most burning questions of our time, including: Should a Manhattanite bother to find chicken killed in the Bronx? Is a great vintage really any better than a good bottle of wine? And: Why does dessert matter so much? Throughout, he reminds us of a time-honored truth often lost amid our newfound gastronomic pieties and… Read More