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A taste for Provence
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- Creator
- Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- x, 283 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 022632298X, 022632284X, 9780226322841, 9780226322988
- OCLC
- ocn950613532, ocn920017494
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Thomas Jefferson and the love of antiquity -- Roman ruins and rough land -- Laurence Wylie and the authentic Provence -- France, yes! But Provence? -- Preparing the way to Provence for postwar travelers -- Irving Penn and the reinvention of Provence -- The senses -- Eternal Provence? Maybe not -- Getting ready to taste -- But not ready for prime time -- Julia Child and the pleasures of Provence -- The sell -- The tomato -- The romance of Berkeley and Bandol -- The lure of cookbooks -- Buying it here, bringing it home -- Patricia Wells and the joys of staying in place -- Résidences secondaires -- Renting -- Along came Mayle -- The beaten path -- Au revoir and bonjour