A taste for Provence / Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel writing.

History.

Americans.

Provence (France)--Description and travel--History.

Provence (France).

Americans--France--Provence--History.

Travel writing--United States--History.

Provence (France)--Foreign public opinion, American.

Public opinion, American.

Travel.

France--Provence.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 283 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Contents:

1. Introduction

I. Thomas Jefferson and the Love of Antiquity: 2. Roman ruins and rough land

II. Laurence Wylie and the Authentic Provence: 3. France, yes! But Provence?; 4. Preparing the way to Provence for postwar travelers

III. Irving Penn and the Reinvention of Provence: 5. The senses; 6. Eternal Provence? Maybe not; 7. Getting ready to taste; 8. But not ready for prime time

IV. Julia Child and the Pleasures of Provence: 9. The sell; 10. The tomato; 11. The romance of Berkeley and Bandol; 12. The lure of cookbooks; 13. Buying it here, bringing it home

V. Patricia Wells and the Joys of Staying in Place: 14. Résidences secondaires; 15. Renting; 16. Along came Mayle; 16. The beaten path; 18. Au revoir and bonjour.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226322841

022632284X

OCLC:

920017494