Remembrance of Things Paris by Gourmet Magazine Editors

Remembrance of Things Paris by Gourmet Magazine Editors

A glorious, edible tour of Paris through six decades of writing from Gourmet magazine, edited and introduced by Ruth Reichl

For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. Collected here for the first time, their essays create a unique and timeless portrait of the world capital of love and food. When the book begins, just after the war, we are in a hungry city whose chefs struggle to find the eggs and cream they need to re-create the cuisine from before the German occupation. We watch as Paris comes alive again with zinc-topped tables crowded with people drinking cafe au lait and reveling in crisp baguettes, and the triumphant rebirth of three-star cuisine. In time, nouvelle cuisine is born and sweeps through a newly chic and modern city. It is all here- the old-time bourgeois dinners, the tastemakers of the fashion world, the hero-chefs, and, of course, Paris in all its snobbery and refinement, its inimitable pursuit of the art of fine living. Beautifully written, these dispatches from the past are intimate and immediate, allowing us to watch the month-by-month changes in the world's most wonderful city. Remembrance of Things Paris is a book for anyone who wants to return to a Paris where a buttery madeleine is waiting around every corner.

Contributors include Louis Diat, Naomi Barry, Joseph Wechsberg, Judith and Evan Jones, Don Dresden, Lillian Langseth-Christensen, Diane Johnson, Michael Lewis, and Jonathan Gold.

RUTH REICHL is the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and the series' editor. Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples are two of her best-selling memoirs. She has worked as the Los Angeles Times' and The New York Times' chief restaurant critics. She currently resides in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780812971934
ISBN 10	0812971930
Title	Remembrance of Things Paris
Author	Gourmet Magazine Editors
Series	Modern Library Food
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-03-08
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.