num_pages: 344
description: Savoir-Faire is a comprehensive account of Frances rich culinary history which is not only full of tales of haute cuisine but seasoned with myths and stories from a wide variety of times and placesfrom snail hunting in Burgundy to female chefs in Lyon and from cheese appreciation in Roman Gaul to bread debates from the Middle Ages to the present. It examines the use of less familiar ingredients such as chestnuts couscous and oysters; explores French food in literature and film; reveals the influence of Frances overseas territories on the shape of French cuisine today; and includes historical recipes for readers to try at home.
language: English
title: Savoir-Faire: A History of Food in France
publisher: Reaktion Books