Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
by Stéphane Hénaut
Recommended by Michael Pollan
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Food, Hobbies, and Food.
A French cheesemonger and an American academic join forces to serve up a sumptuous history of France and its food, in the delicious tradition of Anthony Bourdain, Peter Mayle, and Pamela DruckermanNearly 3 million Americans visit France every year, in addition to the more than 150,000 American expatriates who live there. Numerous bestselling books ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Food, Hobbies, and Food.
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Michael Pollan
American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism (b. 1955)
“This is a very cool book about the intersections of food and history: A BiteSized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment: Stéphane Henaut, Jeni Mitchell: 9781620972519: Books”
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Consider Accidental Presidents by Jared Cohen. Recommended by 10 sources.
“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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