The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food

Title: The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food Author: Adam Gopnik Cooking: 1682016 ISBN: 9780307476968 Publisher: Vintage Published: 2012 Binding: Paperback Language: english Edition: Illustrated Section: Cooking | Regional & Cultural | French Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Publisher Description: From the author of Paris to the Moon, a beguiling tour of the morals and manners of our present food mania, in search of eating's deeper truths. Never before have we cared so much about food. It preoccupies our popular culture, our fantasies, and even our moralizing. With our top chefs as deities and finest restaurants as places of pilgrimage, we have made food the stuff