Provence, 1970 : M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2013]
Physical Description
309 pages ; 22 cm
Contents
- All alone : December 20, 1970
- Ten weeks earlier
- En Route to provence
- An epic dinner with Richard Olney
- First meals in France
- La Pitchoune, country retreat
- James Beard's doomed diet
- Paris interlude
- A dinner party at the Childs'
- Sexual politics
- Twilight of the snobs
- Escape
- The ghost of Arles and Avignon
- Christmas and Réveillon
- Going home
- Last house
- New beginnings
- Provence now.
Subjects
- Cooking, American > History > 20th century.
- Cooking, American > Philosophy.
- Provence (France) > Biography.
- Provence (France) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
- Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
- Child, Julia.
- Beard, James, 1903-1985.
- Jones, Judith, 1924-
- Olney, Richard.
- Olney, Richard > Homes and haunts-France-Provence.