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New Adventures in the South of France
by Peter Mayle
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by Martin Walker
Published Apr 2010
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by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme
Published Oct 2007
Read ReviewsThe story of Child's growth from a naive newleywed into a great cook and one of the best and most influential teachers of the twentieth century.
by Mort Rosenblum
Published Nov 2001
Read ReviewsIn France, you are what you eat. Mort Rosenblum applies his superb nose for news and fine fare to the food-drenched culture of a country that takes its cuisine as seriously as its politics.
by Adam Gopnik
Published Sep 2001
Read ReviewsWith singular wit and insight, Gopnik weaves the magical with the mundane in a wholly delightful, often hilarious look at what it was to be an American family man in Paris at the end of the twentieth century.
by Chris Stewart
Published May 2001
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by Frances Mayes
Published Oct 1997
Read ReviewsAn enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.
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