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Food with the famous

by Jane Grigson

1979 256 pages eng

Cooking Biography & Memoir
European Cooking Food in literature American Cooking Cooking Biography

A very enjoyable book for lovers of biography and cooking. Grigson devotes a chapter to a number of famous foodies including Jane Austen, Thomas Jefferson, and Emile Zola, discussing their widely varying tastes and times, and offering modern translations of their favorite dishes.

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