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Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea Volume 54

Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea Volume 54

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Series: California Studies in Food and Culture, Book 54

Food WritingGeneral European HistoryGeneral Regional Cooking

ISBN10: 0520277511
ISBN13: 9780520277519
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: May 1 2015
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir's evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation.

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