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The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France

by John Baxter · 2013

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IACP Cookbook Award Winner (Culinary Travel)

John Baxter's The Perfect Mealis part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, taking readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the world's great cultural achievements before they disappear completely.

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Some of the most revered and complex elements of French cuisine are in danger of disappearing as old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking fade and are forgotten. In this charming culinary travel memoir, John Baxter follows up his bestselling The Most Beautiful Walk in the Worldby taking his readers on the hunt for some of the most delicious and bizarre endangered foods of France.

The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of Franceis the perfect read for foodies and Francophiles, cooks and gastronomists, and fans of food culture.

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adult
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long · 400 pages

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