num_pages: 256
description: A rich lively book about the upheaval in French gastronomy set against the backdrop of France's diminishing fortunes as a nation.France is in a rut and so is French cuisine. Twenty-five years ago it was hard to have a bad meal in France; now in some cities and towns it is a challenge to find a good one. For the first time in the annals of modern cooking the most influential chefs and the most talked-about restaurants in the world are not French. Within France large segments of the wine industry are in crisis cherished artisanal cheeses are threatened with extinction and bistros and brasseries are disappearing at an alarming rate. But business is brisk at some Astonishingly France has become the second-most-profitable market in the world for McDonald's.How did this happen? To find out Michael Steinberger takes an enviable trip through the traditional pleasures of France. He talks to top chefsAlain Ducasse Paul Gagnaire Paul Bocusewinemakers farmers bakers and other artisans. He visits the lyse Palace interviews the head of McDonald's Europe marches down a Paris boulevard with Jos Bov and breaks bread with the editorial director of the powerful and secretive Michelin Guide. He spends hours with some of France's brightest young chefs and winemakers who are battling to reinvigorate the country's rich culinary heritage. The result is a sharp and funny book that will give Francophiles everywhere an entirely new perspectivepolitical economic personal and culturalon the crisis in the country and food they love.
language: English
title: Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France
publisher: Bloomsbury USA