• Hardcover
• 280
• A Taste of Paris
• David Downie
• en
• 01 January 2020
• 9781250082930

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Download ´ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ↠ David Downie Read & Download A Taste of Paris 104 E Medieval cookbook describes a thirty two part meal featuring hare stew eel soup and honeyed wine; during the last great banuet at Versailles a year before the Revolution the gourmand Louis XVI savored thirty two main dishes and sixteen desserts; yet in 1812 Grimod de la Reynière the father of French gastronomy regaled guests with fifty two courses fifteen wines three types of coffee and seventeen liueursFollowing the contours of history and the geography of the city Downie sweeps readers. From my review It was not by accident that Paris became the world capital of gastronomy But how did it happen David Downie who in his marvelous books has walked you all the way around the City of Light now walks you back in time to her secret history through the centuries long saga of how Paris was fed The logistics are staggering the characters unforgettable and the stories of the kind you can dine out for a year on Reading you may just feel that gastronomy as we know it in the best Paris restaurants is the tender flower of mighty and continuous labor dating to the deep deep past As always David Downie leads you to see Paris anew through any lens he crafts for you Don t miss this oneYes a really really good book But do I have the cred to review it I am a chef and writereditor I worked in Paris for several months a year for 20 yearsNow I see a few nasty reviews here When that happens I check out the credentials of the reviewers to see if anything they have written previously suggests a background sufficient to make them credible as negative reviewers in this instance I don t see that background in the negative reviewers here Which brings me to a philosophical as opposed to personal point the one about being very careful what you say to derogate from a writer s years long indeed lifelong efforts unless your expertise is greater than his and you can fault find from a deeply informed perspective I am anything but certain a negative review on Goodreads is useful to the community if it comes from any other kind of source

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Download ´ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ↠ David Downie Read & Download A Taste of Paris 104 On an insider’s gourmet walking tour of Paris and its environs revealing the locations of Roman butcher shops classic Belle Epoue bistros serving diners today and Marie Antoinette’s exuisite vegetable garden that still supplies produce no longer to the unfortunate ueen but to the legendary Alain Ducasse and his stylish restaurant inside the palace of Versailles Along the way readers learn why the rich culinary heritage of France still makes Paris the ultimate arbiter in the world of fo. This book was a surprise freebie with my bookstore clearance section purchase a few months ago I was excited to read it initially since it s a cultural history of foodrestaurants in Paris The author offers a boatload of interesting historical facts and an overall uniue lens into well known historical characters but the organization of the book makes it difficult to appreciate this particular cultural history Sadly I think my issue with the author s writing stems from the fact that he is a non historian attempting to write history and he s simply not doing a great job at it He seems to jump too uickly from one historical factcharacter to another to the point that the reader may struggle to absorb the important details provided

Download ´ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ↠ David Downie Read & Download A Taste of Paris 104 From the critically acclaimed author of PARIS PARIS and A PASSION FOR PARIS comes a delectable culinary history of the gastronomic capital of the worldIn his trademark witty and informative style David Downie embarks on a uest to discover “What is it about the history of Paris that has made it a food lover’s paradise” Long before Marie Antoinette said “Let them eat cake” actually it was brioche the Romans of Paris devoured foie gras and live oysters rushed in from the Atlantic; on. Read our author interview here ve long loved David Downie s books on Paris for their illumination of a city so many people love He is a consummate researcher his books brimming with details I d never known before but he s also a storyteller I can t put his books down So let me share his new book as always I stayed up WAY too late reading it A Taste of Paris A History of the Parisian Love Affair with FoodA Taste of Paris is that rare book that combines history with an immensely readable style Think of how Lin Manuel Miranda s Hamilton brought US history to life Downie s book does the same but with a much broader scope and no music alas that of several thousand years and a wide range of social cultural and gastronomic changes Dating from c 53 BC until today Downie shares the places and spaces people and recipes that have influenced food and eating in Paris Downie names the Ile de la Cite spot ground zero in the edible and drinkable epic of Paris he shares architecture food wine history and the city of Paris itself grew like an oyster shell in layers built from the intermingling of imported styles merging the Mediterranean and Northern Europe and so did the culture that produced the often complicated delicacies and refined nectars Parisians and visitors adore today or prefer to fashionably disdain as unworthy of past greatnessDownie delves into history detailing important people ingredients trends and in an interesting readable way Everything is included recipes menus restaurants food writers and critics chefs humble and noble food and all written engagingly as if he was talking to a friend Not only did I learn a great deal but I was constantly hungry for perhaps archaic dishes or the company of someone long passed Once you read this you might have to rethink who you would choose for that invite 3 people from history to dinner game You might also like me wish to follow in Downie s footsteps as he purposefully wanders the city of light You ll love this book and find yourself getting extra copies for your friends who love food or France or both especially since your copy will be dog eared and much read Highly recommended