Provence, 1970 : M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste / Luke Barr.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Barr, Luke.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
• Child, Julia.
• Jones, Judith, 1924-2017.
• Beard, James, 1903-1985.
• Olney, Richard.
• Olney, Richard--Homes and haunts--France--Provence.
• Cooking, American--History--20th century.
• Cooking, American--Philosophy.
• Cooking, American.
• Philosophy.
• History.
• Provence (France)--Biography.
• Provence (France)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• France.
• France--Provence.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

309 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

Presents a dramatic account of the 1970 gathering in Provence where such culinary luminaries as James Beard and Julia Child debated and inadvertently launched the modern food movement in America.

Contents:

• All alone : December 20, 1970
• Ten weeks earlier
• En Route to provence
• An epic dinner with Richard Olney
• First meals in France
• La Pitchoune, country retreat
• James Beard's doomed diet
• Paris interlude
• A dinner party at the Childs'
• Sexual politics
• Twilight of the snobs
• Escape
• The ghost of Arles and Avignon
• Christmas and Réveillon
• Going home
• Last house
• New beginnings
• Provence now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.

ISBN:

• 0307718344
• 9780307718341
• 9780770433314
• 0770433316

OCLC:

841198112

Publisher Number:

99956219645