Petits Propos Culinaires 41

$20 · Offered by Kitchen Arts & Letters

Some of the world’s most adventurous food historians contribute to this thrice-yearly journal of articles and excerpts from works in progress. The emphasis is on plain writing rather than jargon. In these early issues you are able to see food studies begin to establish itself as a discipline as the tenor of reviews evolve, and calls for contributors and conferences proliferate. Among the articles in this issue from August 1992 Elizabeth David, 1913-1992 - Alan Davidson Elizabeth David’s Dream Kitchen - Elizabeth David M F K Fisher, 1908-1992 - Alan Davidson Food in the Mapp and Lucia Novels - Cynthia Reavell The Carolina Rice Kitchen and the Creole Cuisine of New Orleans - Karen Hess Saffron and the Good Life - Robert Johnson The Earliest Portuguese Cookery Book Examined - Alan Davidson and Eulalia Pensado As always, there are book reviews as well. Paperback.

• Binding: Hardcover

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