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Provence 1970 - M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr
$39.95 AUD
Category: General
"Provence, 1970 "is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France. They cooked and ate, talked a ...Show more
Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class by Luke Barr
$30.00 AUD
Category: Food
In early August 1889, Cesar Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London. He had come at the request of Richard D'Oyly Carte, the financier of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operas, who had modernized theater and was now looking to create the ...Show more
Ritz and Escoffier - The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class by Luke Barr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Food & Wine
In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste Escoffier joined forces at the Savoy Hotel to spawn the modern ...Show more
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