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Balzac's omelette : a delicious tour of French food and culture with Honoré de Balzac / by Anka Muhlstein ; translated by Adriana Hunter.

Title
Balzac's omelette : a delicious tour of French food and culture with Honoré de Balzac / by Anka Muhlstein ; translated by Adriana Hunter.
Author
Muhlstein, Anka.
Publication
London : Armchair Traveller, 2012.

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Description
1 v.; 23 cm.
Summary
This is a delightful book that plunges into French culture and life in the 19th century by examining a carefully crafted appeal to palates with a taste for history
Subject
  • Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Food habits in literature
  • Food in literature
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Balzac at mealtimes -- Paris at mealtimes -- Great occasions -- Family life -- The misers and the food worshippers -- A young peach, a soufflé, and a towering dessert.
ISBN
  • 9781907973222 (hbk.)
  • 1907973222 (hbk.)
OCLC
773430851
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library