Tasting French Terroir

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The History of an Idea

By Thomas Parker

Series: California Studies in Food and Culture

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Tasting French Terroir by Thomas Parker examines the origins and cultural significance of the French concept of terroir. The book reveals how France's culinary and wine traditions are rooted in a cultural mythology shaped between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Parker offers a detailed study through diverse texts across language, horticulture, and painting, demonstrating how the idea of place influences not only the natural world but also French identity and national character.
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Ideal for academics, researchers, and readers interested in gastronomy, French culture, history, and the intersection of place and identity in food and wine traditions.

Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution.

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This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution.

Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir's evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting.

The book also explores how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation.

Series: California Studies in Food and Culture

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Praised for its rigorous academic research, the book has been described as a fascinating and challenging exploration of terroir and French culture. It is highly recommended for researchers and enriches understanding of terroir's intellectual roots, offering insights valuable to both scholars and the curious.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520277519

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 11 b-w images

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 248

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Education & Reference European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Series: California Studies in Food and Culture Thomas Parker

About the Author

Thomas Parker is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Vassar College. He is the author of Volition, Rhetoric, and Emotion in the Work of Pascal.