The gourmands' way : six Americans in Paris and the birth of a new gastronomy

Spring, Justin 1962- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374103156
ISBN: 0374103151
ISBN: 9780374711740
Physical Description: 433 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.