Provence, 1970
Author: Barr, Luke
ISBN: 9780307718358
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 02 Feb 2015
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, Luke Barr, the grandnephew of M.F.K. Fisher, tells the critically acclaimed story of dramatic friendships and rivalries, when Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and other culinary icons gathered in Provence in 1970 and debated (and unwittingly shaped) the future of food in America.
Plt;iPgt;Provence, 1970 Plt;/iPgt;is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France. They cooked and ate, talked and argued, about the future of food in America, the meaning of taste, and the limits of snobbery. Without quite realizing it, they were shaping todayP#8217;s tastes and culture, the way we eat now. The conversations among this group were chronicled by M.F.K. Fisher in journals and lettersP#8212;some of which were later discovered by Luke Barr, her great-nephew. In Plt;iPgt;Provence, 1970, Plt;/iPgt;he captures this seminal season, set against a stunning backdrop in cinematic scopeP#8212;complete with gossip, drama, and contemporary relevance.
ISBN: 9780307718358
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 02 Feb 2015
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, Luke Barr, the grandnephew of M.F.K. Fisher, tells the critically acclaimed story of dramatic friendships and rivalries, when Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and other culinary icons gathered in Provence in 1970 and debated (and unwittingly shaped) the future of food in America.
Plt;iPgt;Provence, 1970 Plt;/iPgt;is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France. They cooked and ate, talked and argued, about the future of food in America, the meaning of taste, and the limits of snobbery. Without quite realizing it, they were shaping todayP#8217;s tastes and culture, the way we eat now. The conversations among this group were chronicled by M.F.K. Fisher in journals and lettersP#8212;some of which were later discovered by Luke Barr, her great-nephew. In Plt;iPgt;Provence, 1970, Plt;/iPgt;he captures this seminal season, set against a stunning backdrop in cinematic scopeP#8212;complete with gossip, drama, and contemporary relevance.
