Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea: 54 (California Studies in Food and Culture) - Hardcover

Parker, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520277503 ISBN 13: 9780520277502

Publisher: California University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir's evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation.

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Review:

"An academic, meticulously researched, attentive journey through to the very complex roots of the concept of terroir . . . If you're looking for a book that will both fascinate you and challenge all your preconceptions about terroir, France and the French, this is it."--Tamlyn Currin"JancisRobinson.com" (12/23/2015)

About the Author:

Thomas Parker is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Vassar College. He is the author of Volition, Rhetoric, and Emotion in the Work of Pascal.

About this edition

• Publisher: California University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0520277503
• ISBN 13: 9780520277502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248