false 40183 10 Peter Mayle, author of the bestselling <I>A Year in Provence</I> has done it again--but differently. Traveling this time beyond his adopted Provence throughout France, the food and travel writer has produced <I>French Lessons</I>, a celebration of many of that country's gastronomic joys. Whether pursuing La Foire de Fromages, the annual cheese fair at Livarot; a Burgundian marathon offering runners Médoc refreshment; or a village truffle mass that concludes with a heady <I>dégustation</I> of the newly blessed tuber, Mayle takes his readers in hand and shows all. Wide-eyed yet knowing, ever affable but with a touch of mischief, he's an ideal companion, the best possible narrator of his lively food adventures.<p> Mayle's gastronomic baptism occurs when, as a 19-year-old, he dines for the first time in France. "At the first mouthful of French bread and French butter," he writes, "my taste buds, dormant until then, went into spasm." The paroxysm leads to serious food-and-wine perambulations--and, finally, to chapters including "The Thigh-Taster of Vitel" (a frog-eating fete); "Slow Food" (snail love in Martigny les Bains) and "The Guided Stomach" (an investigation of the Michelin Guide restaurant inspection), among others. Readers are also present for a debate on the secret of the perfect omelet; a search for the best possible chicken in Bourg-en-Bresse; and a visit to a St. Tropez restaurant notable for its scantily clad habitués. Those familiar with Mayle's work, and those yet to discover it, are in for a treat. <I>--Arthur Boehm</I> 1281315 2001 French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew total:664|5:124|4:285|3:216|2:37|1:2| 664 2484 904 74 4 1 false false Tue May 29 10:43:05 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 10:43:05 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 11:47:24 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 12:08:22 -0700 2009 This book is fantastic, each chapter is a different aspect of the french life style (in food and drink) You feel the experiences as Mayle does. There are s...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 13:39:53 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 13:42:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:12:08 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:16:02 -0800 2009 As the French say - as foreigner its only to be expected to know nothing about life and all. :)]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:28:22 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 01:29:16 -0700 2009 Ще предизвика интереса на всички, които обичат храната и пътешествията.
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