Foodie Books About France

a list by Cynthia Bertelsen, author of Gherkins & Tomatoes, a blog about food history and culture

I'm a writer who loves to cook. And I'm a cook who loves to write. And who doesn't love France? Add the three together, stir gently, and you get the list of books below.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Between_Meals_An_Appetite_for_Paris');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/086547236X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Between_Meals_An_Appetite_for_Paris');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/086547236X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris

by A. J. Liebling

Amazon readers say:

"Feast."
"Mouth-watering."
"Makes you long for the good old days..."
"Charming exposition of the good life in Paris."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Between_Meals_An_Appetite_for_Paris');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Between_Meals_An_Appetite_for_Paris');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/086547236X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 192 page paperback |$11.20 |10 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Blue_Trout_and_Black_Truffles_The_Peregrinations_of_an_Epicure');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0897331346'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Blue_Trout_and_Black_Truffles_The_Peregrinations_of_an_Epicure');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0897331346'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure

by Joseph Wechsberg

Amazon readers say:

"Evocative and beautifully written."
"A facinating history."
"Classic enjoyable gastronomic essays and interviews."
"Fun! Fun!"

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Blue_Trout_and_Black_Truffles_The_Peregrinations_of_an_Epicure');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Blue_Trout_and_Black_Truffles_The_Peregrinations_of_an_Epicure');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0897331346'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 288 page paperback |$12.00 |4 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Culinary_Journey_in_Gascony_Recipes_and_Stories_from_My_French_Canal_Boat');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1580085679'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Culinary_Journey_in_Gascony_Recipes_and_Stories_from_My_French_Canal_Boat');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1580085679'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Culinary Journey in Gascony: Recipes and Stories from My French Canal Boat

by Kate Hill

Amazon readers say:

"Part cookbook, part travel journal, altogether wonderful."
"A life to die for."
"Simple elegance."
"Review of a culinary journeyin gascony."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Culinary_Journey_in_Gascony_Recipes_and_Stories_from_My_French_Canal_Boat');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Culinary_Journey_in_Gascony_Recipes_and_Stories_from_My_French_Canal_Boat');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1580085679'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 200 page paperback |$17.95 |4 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Endless_Feasts_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375759921'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Endless_Feasts_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375759921'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Endless Feasts: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet

by Gourmet Magazine Editors, edited by Ruth Reichl

Amazon readers say:

"A feast for lovers of Gourmet Magazine."
"Delicious tidbits from well-known food writers."
"Very good sampler for idle moments."
"A marvelous feast of writing."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Endless_Feasts_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Endless_Feasts_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375759921'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 416 page paperback |$11.25 |4 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Goose_in_Toulouse_and_other_Culinary_Adventures_in_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786864656'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Goose_in_Toulouse_and_other_Culinary_Adventures_in_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786864656'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Goose in Toulouse and other Culinary Adventures in France

by Mort Rosenblum

Amazon readers say:

"Try and put it down."
"Reflections and revelations on France and French food."
"A must read on your flight to France."
"Beyond foie gras."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Goose_in_Toulouse_and_other_Culinary_Adventures_in_France');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Goose_in_Toulouse_and_other_Culinary_Adventures_in_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786864656'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 320 pages, used, starting at $1.47 |7 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/On_Rue_Tatin_Living_and_Cooking_in_a_French_Town');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0767904559'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/On_Rue_Tatin_Living_and_Cooking_in_a_French_Town');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0767904559'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town

by Susan Herrmann Loomis

Amazon readers say:

"Almost as good as being there."
"For travel lovers."
"Charming and sensually tantallizing."
"Better than most food expatriate tales."

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Pig_in_Provence_Good_Food_and_Simple_Pleasures_in_the_South_of_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0156033240'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/A_Pig_in_Provence_Good_Food_and_Simple_Pleasures_in_the_South_of_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0156033240'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

by Georgeanne Brennan

Amazon readers say:

"Fantastic read."
"Truly enjoyable memoir."
"Beautiful culinary journey."
"Any fan of Provence or French culinary traditions will find this gentle story revealing and appealing."

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Remembrance_of_Things_Paris_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0812971930'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Remembrance_of_Things_Paris_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0812971930'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet

by Gourmet Magazine Editors, edited by Ruth Reichl

Amazon says:
For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. At once unique and universal, these essays by Joseph Wechsberg, Naomi Barry, and Diane Johnson, among others, present tantalizing glimpses of culinary life in the world capital of love and food. From unforgettable vignettes of resourceful chefs feeding hungry Parisians after World War II to the birth and rise of nouvelle cuisine, it's all here: the old-time bourgeois dinners, the tastemakers, the hero-chefs, and, of course, Paris in all its charm, arrogance, and splendid refinement.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Remembrance_of_Things_Paris_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Remembrance_of_Things_Paris_Sixty_Years_of_Writing_from_Gourmet');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0812971930'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 368 page paperback |$10.85 |1 review

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/My_Life_in_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400043468'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/My_Life_in_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400043468'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">My Life in France

by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme

Amazon readers say:

"As satisfying as a handmade bowl of Julia's potage veloute au champignons."
"Wise, witty and, oh, okay, I am going there - yummy!"
"A cook is born."
"A unique and inspiring life story."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/My_Life_in_France');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/My_Life_in_France');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1400043468'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 336 page hardcover |$17.13 |115 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Vie_de_France_Sharing_Food_Friendship_and_a_Kitchen_in_the_Loire_Valley');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0425190110'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Foodie_Books_About_France/Vie_de_France_Sharing_Food_Friendship_and_a_Kitchen_in_the_Loire_Valley');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0425190110'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Vie de France: Sharing Food, Friendship, and a Kitchen in the Loire Valley

by James Haller

Amazon readers say:

"Pure sunshine!"
"Enjoying friends and food in France."
"Uplifting biographical story."
"Food, friends and france!"

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