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By Michael Steinberger
A wealthy, energetic publication concerning the upheaval in French gastronomy, set opposed to the backdrop of France’s diminishing fortunes as a kingdom.
France is in a rut, and so is French food. Twenty-five years in the past it was once tough to have a foul meal in France; now, in a few towns and cities, it's a problem to discover a great one. For the 1st time within the annals of recent cooking, the main influential cooks and the main talked-about eating places on this planet aren't French. inside of France, huge segments of the wine are in main issue, loved artisanal cheeses are threatened with extinction, and bistros and brasseries are disappearing at an alarming expense. yet enterprise is brisk at a few institutions: Astonishingly, France has turn into the second-most-profitable industry on this planet for McDonald’s.
How did this occur? to determine, Michael Steinberger takes an enviable journey throughout the conventional pleasures of France. He talks to most sensible chefs—Alain Ducasse, Paul Gagnaire, Paul Bocuse—winemakers, farmers, bakers, and different artisans. He visits the Élysée Palace, interviews the top of McDonald’s Europe, marches down a Paris side road with José Bové, and breaks bread with the editorial director of the strong and secretive Michelin advisor. He spends hours with a few of France’s brightest younger cooks and winemakers, who're struggling with to reinvigorate the country’s wealthy culinary historical past. the result's a pointy and humorous publication that may provide Francophiles in every single place a wholly new perspective—political, fiscal, own, and cultural—on the obstacle within the kingdom and nutrition they love.
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