Eating Eternity
Eating Eternity

Eating Eternity

Food, Art and Literature in France

By John Baxter

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272 Pages, 5.25 x 8

Formats: Paperback, Mobipocket, ebook: EPUB, ebook: PDF

Paperback, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $26.95)

Publication Date: August 2017

ISBN 9781940842165

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Overview

A culinary journey through French history, art, and literature.

Talleyrand said, “Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.” Eating Eternity explores the profound connection between food and French culture, from Proust's madeleine to Zola's market scenes.

Discover the restaurants where Napoleon proposed, the cafes frequented by Hemingway and Miller, and the out-of-the-way sites that bring Parisian culinary experiences to life. Eating Eternity is your unique guide to:

  • The cultural symbolism of French gastronomy
  • The artistic representation of food throughout history
  • Historical context of French cuisine

For readers interested in French history, art, literature, and the culinary arts, Eating Eternity offers a unique and seductive menu of places where art and food intersect. Bon appétit!

Reviews

"Entertaining, wide-ranging and gorgeously illustrated, Eating Eternity—despite its weird title—is a book you’ll want to lend to a friend. (But insist on its return.)" —Miranda Seymour, New York Times


"In the delightful foodie stories throughout the twenty-nine chapters of Eating Eternity, we dine with a fascinating cast of historical figures: Louis XIV, Dom Perignon, Napoleon, Victor Hugo, Escoffier, Hemingway, Dali, and others..." —Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews

Author Biography

John Baxter is a writer, journalist and filmmaker; he has called Paris home since 1989. He is the author of numerous books including the autobiographical Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas, The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris, Chronicles of Old Paris: Exploring the Historic City of Light, The Golden Moments of Paris: A Guide to the Paris of the 1920s and French Riviera and Its Artists.