Provence, 1970 : M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the reinvention of American taste
by Barr, Luke.
Summary
Presents a dramatic account of the 1970 gathering in Provence where such culinary luminaries as James Beard and Julia Child debated and inadvertently launched the modern food movement in America. Full description
- All alone : December 20, 1970
- Ten weeks earlier
- En Route to provence
- An epic dinner with Richard Olney
- First meals in France
- La Pitchoune, country retreat
- James Beard's doomed diet
- Paris interlude
- A dinner party at the Childs'
- Sexual politics
- Twilight of the snobs
- Escape
- The ghost of Arles and Avignon
- Christmas and ReĢveillon
- Going home
- Last house
- New beginnings
- Provence now.