French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew Mayle PeterPaperback
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew Mayle PeterPaperback A delightful, delicious, and best-selling account of the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France, from the…
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French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew Mayle PeterPaperback
A delightful, delicious, and best-selling account of the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout France, from the beloved author of A Year in Provence.The French celebrate food and drink more than any other people, and Peter Mayle shows us just how contagious their enthusiasm can be. We attend a truly French marathon, where the beverage of choice is Ch teau Lafite-Rothschild rather than Gatorade. We visit the Foire aux Escargots.
We even attend a Catholic mass in the village of Richerenches, a sacred event at which thanks are given for the aromatic, mysterious, and breathtakingly expensive black truffle. We search out the most pungent cheese in France, and eavesdrop on a heated debate on the perfect way to prepare an omelet. With Mayle as our charming guide, we come away satisfied (if a little hungry), and with a sudden desire to book a flight to France at