The table comes first : family, France, and the meaning of food /
"From the author of Paris to the Moon--one man's quest for the meaning of food in a time obsessed with what to eat. Never before have we cared so much about food. It preoccupies our popular culture, our fantasies, even our moralizing--"You still eat meat?" How could the land of C...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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Table of Contents:
- Coming to the table. Who made the restaurant? ; What's the recipe? ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : anchovies, bacon, lamb
- Choosing at the table. How does taste happen? ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : lamb, saffron, cinnamon ; Meat or vegetables? ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : chicken, pudding, dogs ; Near or far? ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : salt, pork, mustard
- Talking at the table. In vino veritas? ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : potatoes, steak, air ; What do we write about when we write about food? ; What do we imagine when we imagine food? ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : rice, milk, sugar
- Leaving the table. Paris at last ; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell : salmon, broccoli, repentance ; Endings ; Last e-mail to Elizabeth Pennell