Au revoir to all that
Subtitle: food, wine, and the end of France
By: Michael Steinberger.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781596913530
Subjects: Gastronomy -- History; Cookery -- France; Food habits -- France
Description: Identifying what the "Slate" wine-columnist author terms an upheaval in French gastronomy due to the economy, this book describes the author's trip to France to investigate a financial crises in the wine industry, endangered artisanal cheeses, and disappearing bistros and brasseries.
Table of contents: title: History; title: Nouvelle cuisine; title: France in crisis; title: The pain from Spain; title: Michelin; title: Vrinat; title: McDonald's; title: Camembert; title: Wine; title: Ducasse; title: The new French revolution; title: Japan; title: Conclusion.