Food culture in France / Julia Abramson.

ISBN:

9780313327971

Title:

Author:

Abramson, Julia.

Personal Author:

Abramson, Julia.

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

Physical Description:

xviii, 197 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Series:

Food culture around the world,

Series Title:

Food culture around the world, 1545-2638

Contents:

Historical overview -- Major foods and ingredients -- Cooking -- Typical meals -- Eating out -- Special occasions -- Diet and health.

Subject Term:

Cookery, French.

Food habits -- France.

Format:

Books

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006031524.html

Publication Date:

2007

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

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French cooking has been seen as the pinnacle of gastronomy. Food Culture in France provides an accessible tour of haute cuisine but also mainly the everyday food culture that sustains the populace. It illuminates the French way of life as well as showing what the popular cooking shows, such as Julia Child's, were based on. Readers will find the basics discussed in narrative chapters on food history, major foods and ingredients, cooking, typical meals, eating out, and diet and health.

The information-packed volume is also indispensable for learning about regional cultivation and specialties that France is so famous for. The French appreciation for seasonal food is illuminated in descriptions of shopping, cooking, and eating habits. All students of French culture and language and Francophiles will benefit from the overview presented here.

Author Notes

Julia Abramson is Associate Professor of French at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Series Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Timeline	p. xiii
1 Historical Overview	p. 1
2 Major Foods and Ingredients	p. 41
3 Cooking	p. 81
4 Typical Meals	p. 103
5 Eating Out	p. 117
6 Special Occasions	p. 137
7 Diet and Health	p. 155
Glossary	p. 169
Resource Guide	p. 171
Selected Bibliography	p. 175
Index	p. 185

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