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 a Travel + Leisure magazine editor. M.F.K.'s great-nephew Fisher was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and reared in Switzerland before attending Harvard University. He and his wife, as well as their two daughters, live in Brooklyn.

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ISBN 13	9780307718358
ISBN 10	0307718352
Title	Provence, 1970
Author	Luke Barr
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2014-11-04
Number of pages	320
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