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Balzac's omelette : a delicious tour of French food and culture with Honoré de Balzac / by Anka Muhlstein ; translated by Adriana Hunter.

Title: Balzac's omelette : a delicious tour of French food and culture with Honoré de Balzac / by Anka Muhlstein ; translated by Adriana Hunter.
Author: Muhlstein, Anka.
Publication: London : Armchair Traveller, 2012.

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Description

1 v.; 23 cm.

Summary

This is a delightful book that plunges into French culture and life in the 19th century by examining a carefully crafted appeal to palates with a taste for history

Subjects

Language (note)

Translated from the French.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Balzac at mealtimes -- Paris at mealtimes -- Great occasions -- Family life -- The misers and the food worshippers -- A young peach, a soufflé, and a towering dessert.

ISBN

9781907973222 (hbk.)
1907973222 (hbk.)

OCLC

773430851

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library