Tasting French terroir: the history of an idea

"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 evolved between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination...

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1. Verfasser: Parker, Thomas 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley Univ. of California Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:California studies in food and culture 54
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Zusammenfassung:"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 evolved 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 a privileged insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, gardens, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation"...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 229 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0520277503
0520277511
9780520277502
9780520277519