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A taste for Provence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Provence (France) > Description and travel > History.
Americans > France > Provence > History.
Travel writing > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Thomas Jefferson and the love of antiquity
  • Roman ruins and rough land
  • Laurence Wylie and the authentic Provence
  • France, yes! But Provence?
  • Preparing the way to Provence for postwar travelers
  • Irving Penn and the reinvention of Provence
  • The senses
  • Eternal Provence? Maybe not
  • Getting ready to taste
  • But not ready for prime time
  • Julia Child and the pleasures of Provence
  • The sell
  • The tomato
  • The romance of Berkeley and Bandol
  • The lure of cookbooks
  • Buying it here, bringing it home
  • Patricia Wells and the joys of staying in place
  • Résidences secondaires
  • Renting
  • Along came Mayle
  • The beaten path
  • Au revoir and bonjour.