Showing The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France (P.S.) by John Baxter

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-02-07 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: Harper Perennial Just as species of plants and animals are expiring at an alarming rate. so are the traditional ingredients and techniques of classic cooking and eating. Nowhere is this trend more evident than in France. where the heart of the worlds most revered and complex national cuisine is in danger of disappearing. as old ways of agriculture. butchering. and cooking are withering - leaving us with only a small fraction of the astonishing delights and surprises French cuisine has to offer. In this charming culinary travel memoir. the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World goes on the hunt for the most delicious and bizarre endangered foods of France. including: Ortolans - Tiny birds. drowned in armagnac. sauteed in butter and eaten whole. bones and all. ideally with a large napki...