![]() ![]() "There is so much delicious information about French food, history and culture here that you'll be tempted to polish off the feast in great gulps. This illustrated social history also explores the impact of war and imperialism, the age-old tension between tradition and innovation, and the enduring use of food to prop up social and political identities. In short, compulsively readable chapters that are akin to hors d'oeuvres, Stéphane Hénaut and Jeni Mitchell take stock of the places and events behind the French people's cultivation of cognac and camembert, absinthe and croissants. ![]() From the cassoulet that won a war to the crêpe that doomed Napoleon, and from the rebellion sparked by bread and salt to the invention of pasteurization, the history of France is intimately entwined with its gastronomic pursuits. ![]()
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