num_pages: 262
description: This colorful history of French cooking takes us back before salt and pepper shakers had been dreamed of and explains why we begin with salad and end with dessert. Full of zesty quotes and recipes from period cookbooks and illustrated with wonderful still-life paintings, Acquired Taste is a trove of discoveries about cooking techniques and terms that still flourish today.
language: English
title: Acquired Taste: The French Origins of Modern Cooking
titlecomplete: Acquired Taste: The French Origins of Modern Cooking
ratings_count: 5
publisher: NCROL