Good bread is back : a contemporary history of French bread, the way it is made, and the people who make it / Steven Laurence Kaplan ; translated by Catherine Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Steven L.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Standardized Title:

Retour du Bon Pain. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bread--France.

Bread.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This beautifully illustrated book, written by a leading expert on French bread, describes the resurgence of high-quality, artisanal bread in France over the past two decades.

Contents:

1. Good Bread: Practices and Discourses

2. Bread: The Double Crisis

3. White Bread: A Western Story

4. The Enemy

5. Bakeries and the State

6. Bound to Quarrel, Condemned to Get Along: Millers and Bakers

7. Rue Monge Rivals and Other Mavericks.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-357) and index.

ISBN:

0-8223-5924-3

9786613022523

1-283-02252-4

OCLC:

317321945