{"product_id":"remembrance-of-things-paris-9780812971934","title":"Remembrance of Things Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA glorious, edible tour of Paris through six decades of writing from \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, edited and introduced by Ruth Reichl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e. Collected here for the first time, their essays create a unique and timeless portrait of the world capital of love and food. When the book begins, just after the war, we are in a hungry city whose chefs struggle to find the eggs and cream they need to re-create the cuisine from before the German occupation. We watch as Paris comes alive again with zinc-topped tables crowded with people drinking café au lait and reveling in crisp baguettes, and the triumphant rebirth of three-star cuisine. In time, nouvelle cuisine is born and sweeps through a newly chic and modern city. It is all here: the old-time bourgeois dinners, the tastemakers of the fashion world, the hero-chefs, and, of course, Paris in all its snobbery and refinement, its inimitable pursuit","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862999728471,"sku":"9780812971934","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812971934.jpg?v=1759919320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/remembrance-of-things-paris-9780812971934","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}