Provence, 1970 by Luke Barr

Provence, 1970 by Luke Barr

Provence, 1970 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 today s tastes and culture, the way we eat now. The conversations among this group were chronicled by M.F.K. Fisher in journals and letters some of which were later discovered by Luke Barr, her great-nephew. In Provence, 1970, he captures this seminal season, set against a stunning backdrop in cinematic scope complete with gossip, drama, and contemporary relevance.

LUKE BARR is the author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and Switzerland, Barr attended Harvard College and was formerly the features editor at Travel + Leisure magazine. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two daughters.

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ISBN 13	9780307718341
ISBN 10	0307718344
Title	Provence, 1970
Author	Luke Barr
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2013-10-22
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Short-listed for James Beard Foundation Book Awards (Writing on Food) 2014
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.