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Bon Appetit!: Travels with knife,fork & corkscrew through France
Peter Mayle
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Description for Bon Appetit!: Travels with knife,fork & corkscrew through France
Paperback. By their stomachs ye shall know them. From the thigh-tasters of Vitel to the truffle mass of St Antoine, the French are enticingly captured by the master. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: WBN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Gastronomy is a wonderful starting point to study France and the French. As the retired schoolmaster from Provence says 'The religion of France is food. And wine, of course.' And they put their money where their mouth is, spending a greater proportion of their income on food and drink than any other nation in the world. Literally hundreds of gastronomic fairs and festivals take place throughout the year all over France - a frog fair, an hommage to the sausage, to the turnip, to the quiche and the noble Camembert. What kind of person is a snail-fancier? ... Read more
Gastronomy is a wonderful starting point to study France and the French. As the retired schoolmaster from Provence says 'The religion of France is food. And wine, of course.' And they put their money where their mouth is, spending a greater proportion of their income on food and drink than any other nation in the world. Literally hundreds of gastronomic fairs and festivals take place throughout the year all over France - a frog fair, an hommage to the sausage, to the turnip, to the quiche and the noble Camembert. What kind of person is a snail-fancier? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751532692
SKU
V9780751532692
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Peter Mayle
Peter Mayle's trilogy about Provence has sold millions of copies throughout the world.
Reviews for Bon Appetit!: Travels with knife,fork & corkscrew through France
Peter Mayle's idyllic portrait makes you almost taste the wonderful food and wine, feel the sun and balmy breezes
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Delightfully readable. The style is high comedy and Mayle is bitingly funny about local rural mores. But the jokeyness only partly obscures Mayle's warm enthusiasm for local life and landscape.
SUNDAY TIMES
A gastronomic delight. ... Read more
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Delightfully readable. The style is high comedy and Mayle is bitingly funny about local rural mores. But the jokeyness only partly obscures Mayle's warm enthusiasm for local life and landscape.
SUNDAY TIMES
A gastronomic delight. ... Read more