Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789

Wheaton, Barbara Kecham

ISBN 10: 0684815664 / ISBN 13: 9780684815664

Published by Scribner, NY, 1996

About this Item

341pp. Top tip of front board and spine head are bumped. Edges of jacket have light creases. Jacket has light scratches. Text is unmarked. 0684815664.

Seller Inventory # 33536

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789
• Publisher: Scribner, NY
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684815664
• ISBN 13: 9780684815664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Printing.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Food And Drink, Cookbooks

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Synopsis

Describes the development of five hundred years of French cooking and how it changed and was changed by French society

Reviews

Wheaton's heavily researched, erudite study examines nearly 500 years of French culinary history. Fortunately, the book's animated writing yields a text both entertaining and instructive. Medieval associations between medicinal lore and cookery ingredients are presented in intriguing detail. Wheaton also traces the beginning of France's haute cuisine tradition with the increased publication--in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries--of recipes by outstanding cooks, which were, duly noted by the author, a compelling "inducement to literacy." First issued 15 years ago, Wheaton's inquiry is meticulously descriptive of a culture as presented through the evolving beliefs and tastes associated with the preparation and consumption of food. A final recipe portfolio, though imbued with the doctrines of an era long past, remains relevant with its savory offerings. Alice Joyce