| Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea Volume 54 Contributor(s): Parker, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520277503 ISBN-13: 9780520277502 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - General - History | Europe - General - Cooking | History |
| Dewey: 641 |
| LCCN: 2014039227 |
| Series: California Studies in Food and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 developed 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 insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation. |
