by PPFerguson (Author)
Not a history of French cuisine, 'Accounting for Taste' focuses instead on the people, places and institutions that have made this cuisine what it is today: a privileged vehicle for national identity, a model of cultural ascendancy, and a pivotal site where practice and performance intersect.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 262
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 03 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 0226243230
ISBN 13: 9780226243238