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Author Barr, Luke.

Title Provence, 1970 : M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste / Luke Barr.

Publication Info. New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2013]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  641.5973 BARR    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  394.12 BARR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  641.5092 BAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  394.12 B27    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  394.1209 BARR    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  641.5973 BARR    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 309 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index.
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.
Summary Presents a dramatic account of the 1970 gathering in Provence where such culinary luminaries as James Beard and Julia Child debated and inadvertently launched the modern food movement in America.
Subject Cooking, American -- History -- 20th century.
Cooking, American -- Philosophy.
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992.
Child, Julia.
Jones, Judith, 1924-2017
Beard, James, 1903-1985.
Olney, Richard.
Olney, Richard -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Provence.
Provence (France) -- Biography.
Provence (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780307718341 hardback
0307718344 hardback
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