A bite-sized history of France gastronomic tales of revolution, war, and enlightenment

DAISY Sound Recording 2018

A French cheesemonger and American academic examine the history of France back to the Gauls through the lens of their gastronomic traditions. Wines, cheeses, liquors, truffles, vegetables, fruits, seafood, meats, and more are analyzed as part of the exploration of facts and myths. 2018.

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Edition:

Daisy edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (audio (14 hours, 32 minutes)) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY
audio file Daisy
4 3/4 in

Target Audience Note:

Female narrator. NLS/BPH

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Narrated by: Catherine Byers
Digital talking book. 2 levels and 111 navigation points. Digitally mastered
Recorded from: New York : The New Press, 2018, c2018 9781620972519
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
2018 Stéphane Hénaut and Jeni Mitchell

Contents:

Our ancestors, the Gauls
The virgin of the kidney
Barbarians at the plate
Ode to gluttony
Left behind : the goats of Poitou
The sweetest king
They came from the sea
Feudal fare
Of monks and men
Fighting for plums
The wine that got away
The vegetarian heresy
A papal red
The white gold of Guérande
Legacy of a black prince
The vinegar of the four thieves
The cheese of emperors and mad kings
La dame de beauté and the mushroom mystery
Fruits of the Renaissance
The mother sauces
Conquest and chocolate
The culinary contributions of Madame Serpent
A chicken in every pot
The chestnut insurgency
The bitter roots of sugar
The liquor of the gods
The crescent controversy
War and peas
The devil's wine
An enlightened approach to food
Revolution in the cafés
Pain d'égalité
The potato propagandist
The pyramid provocation
The man who abolished the seasons
The fifth crêpe
The king of cheeses
A revolutionary banquet
The end of the oyster express
Revelation in a bottle
The curse of the green fairy
Siege gastronomy
The peanut patrimony
Gastronomads on the sun road
A friend in difficult hours
A mutiny and a laughing cow
"Bread, peace, and liberty" : the socialist baguette
Couscous : the assimilation (or not) of empire
The forgotten vegetables
Canon Kir joins the resistance
France and the United States : from liberation to exasperation

LCCN:

2018990804

Control Number:

3174999

Other Authors:

Byers, Catherine, narrator
Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Mitchell, Jeni, author

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