The table comes first : family, France, and the meaning of food /
"From the author of Paris to the Moon--one man's quest for the meaning of food in a time obsessed with what to eat. Never before have we cared so much about food. It preoccupies our popular culture, our fantasies, even our moralizing--"You still eat meat?" How could the land of C...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York : Knopf, 2011. |
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Table of Contents:
- A Small Starter: Questions of Food
- Part I. Coming to the Table
- 1. Who Made the Restaurant?
- 2. What's the Recipe?
- 3. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Anchovies, Bacon, Lamb
- Part II. Choosing at the Table
- 4. How Does Taste Happen?
- 5. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Lamb, Saffron, Cinnamon
- 6. Meat or Vegetables?
- 7. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Chicken, Pudding, Dogs
- 8. Near or Far?
- 9. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Salt, Pork, Mustard
- Part III. Talking at the Table
- 10. In Vino Veritas?
- 11. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Potatoes, Steak, Air
- 12. What Do We Write About When We Write About Food?
- 13. What Do We Imagine When We Imagine Food?
- 14. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Rice, Milk, Sugar
- Part IV. Leaving the Table
- 15. Paris at Last
- 16. E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell: Salmon, Broccoli, Repentance
- 17. Endings
- 18. Last E-Mail to Elizabeth Pennell
- Reading on the Way Home