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Balzac's omelette : a delicious tour of French food and culture with Honoré de Balzac / Anka Muhlstein ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.
Van Pelt Library PQ2178 .M8413 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muhlstein, Anka.
- Standardized Title:
- Garçon, un cent d'huîtres, Balzac et la table. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850--Criticism and interpretation.
- Balzac, Honoré de.
- Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
- Gastronomy in literature.
- Food habits--France--History.
- Food habits.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- France.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Other Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Balzac uses food and the art of the table as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing more suggestively than money, appearances, and other more conventional trappings. Full of surprises and insights, "Balzac's Omelet" invites readers to taste anew Balzac's genius as a writer.
- Contents:
- Balzac at mealtimes
- Paris at mealtimes
- Great occasions
- Family life
- The misers and the food worshippers
- A young peach, a soufflé, and a towering dessert.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in French as Garçon, un cent d'huîtres, Balzac et la table by Odile Jacob in 2010."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-228).
- ISBN:
- 9781590514733
- 1590514734
- 9781590514740
- 1590514742
- OCLC:
- 704383240
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