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Dining with Marcel Proust: A Practical Guide to French Cuisine of the Belle Epoque
Shirley King
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Paperback. Overflows accounts of food and drink drawn from the author's vivid memories. This title offers a collection of recipes representing the best of classical French cuisine from Proust's belle epoque, ranging from the sophisticated elaboration of lobster a l'americaine or truffled partridge to the simplicity of croque-monsieur. Series: At Table. Num Pages: 155 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 348.
Marcel Proust's literary masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu overflows with brilliant, minutely described accounts of food and drink drawn from the author's vivid memories. After all, it was the taste of one of those short, plump little cakes called petites madeleines, dipped into a cup of tea, that first impelled Proust into “a remembrance of things past.” He wrote with relish and exactitude about Françoise, the family cook in Illiers-Combray, the restaurant at the Grand Hôtel Balbec, meals at Rivebelle, La Raspelière, and the Guermantes' in Paris.
Marcel Proust's literary masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu overflows with brilliant, minutely described accounts of food and drink drawn from the author's vivid memories. After all, it was the taste of one of those short, plump little cakes called petites madeleines, dipped into a cup of tea, that first impelled Proust into “a remembrance of things past.” He wrote with relish and exactitude about Françoise, the family cook in Illiers-Combray, the restaurant at the Grand Hôtel Balbec, meals at Rivebelle, La Raspelière, and the Guermantes' in Paris.
Shirley King, a professional chef and lifelong lover of Proust's works, ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
155
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
At Table
Condition
New
Weight
371g
Number of Pages
155
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803278264
SKU
V9780803278264
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About Shirley King
Shirley King (1931–2005) was the author of the classic cookbook Fish, the Basics: An Illustrated Guide to Selecting and Cooking Fresh Seafood and Pampille's Table: Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside from Marthe Daudet's “Les Bons Plats de France,” available in a Bison Books edition. She worked for more than twenty-five years as a chef, caterer, consultant, writer, and ... Read more
Reviews for Dining with Marcel Proust: A Practical Guide to French Cuisine of the Belle Epoque
"The definitive volume on the foods that are mentioned in great detail throughout the works of Proust. . . . A delightfully informative book."—New York Times "The At Table series published by the University of Nebraska Press provides several welcome additions to the culinary library. Shirley King’s Dining with Marcel Proust, first published in 1979, is a natural, given what ... Read more