Description: Savoir-Faire: A History of Food in France by Maryann Tebben. London, UK: Reaction Books, 2020. First edition hardcover without dust jacket as issued in pictoral glossy boards. Heavily illustrated with both B&W and color photos and illustrations. In like new condition. A crisp, clean copy. Free shipping. The French are acknowledged to have the world’s most elegant, sophisticated cuisine, but how did this reputation and style of cooking evolve? In Savoir-Faire, Tebben teases out centuries of culinary history and its role in creating France’s national identity, relating how French food became such an elite 'monolithic presence.' . . . Tebben’s overarching theme is that French food’s perceived superiority is based on a constructed, culture-wide narrative, reinforced with panache and passion in France’s art and literature and enshrined in protectionist regulation. She argues that everyone from rural farmers and cheesemakers to Parisian haute cuisine restaurateurs believes in and reinforces the myth that French cuisine is the ne plus ultra. Savoir-Faire underscores that, while France may never have been a military colossus, it has conquered the world with its 'aesthetics and artistry, incomprehensible nomenclature, and an indefinable but irresistible stylishness, especially in the culinary arts.
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Book Title: Savoir-Faire : a History of Food in France
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Book Series: Foods and Nations Ser.
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Publisher: Reaktion Books, The Limited
Item Length: 9.2 in
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Edition: First Edition
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Publication Year: 2020
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 2020s
Item Height: 1 in
Author: Maryann Tebben
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Features: Illustrated
Genre: Cooking, House & Home
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Topic: Regional & Ethnic / French, General
Item Width: 6.2 in
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
