The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 293 pages. Food preoccupies our popular culture, our fantasies, and even our moralizing. With our top chefs as deities and finest restaurants as places of pilgrimage, we have made food the stuff of secular seeking and transcendence, finding heaven in a mouthful. But have we come any closer to discovering the true meaning of food in our lives The notable and popular essayist, Gopnik, takes the reader on a journey in search of that meaning, beginning in 18th century France.

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Publisher: Quercus

Year: 2011

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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