"Romance is as integral to French cuisine as butter, and any book on the subject would be soulless without it." Au Revoir To All That Food, Wine, and the End of France Author: Michael Steinberger Get It: Hardcover on Amazon Read It: Preview on Slate.com Recommended Read? YesThe sun is setting on the French gastronomic empire, Michael Steinberger contends in Au Revoir To All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France. Speaking ill of the French is tantamount to heresy in many gourmet circles, but Steinberger isn’t cowed. The kitchens of Paris and Avignon are not what they once were, and he wants to know why. With a title that straddles the sentimental and the apocalyptic, Steinberger steers clear...
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