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Provence A-Z: A Francophile's Essential Handbook (Vintage Departures)

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Provence A-Z: A Francophile's Essential Handbook (Vintage Departures)

The ultimate â€œdictionaryâ€ for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.

Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayleâ€”bestselling author of A Year in Provenceâ€”writes about subjects as wide-ranging as architecture and zingue-zingue-zoun (in the local patois, a word meant to describe the sound of a violin). And, of course, he writes about food and drink: vin rosÃ©, truffles, olives, melons, bouillabaisse, the cheese that killed a Roman emperor, even a cure for indigestion.

Provence A-Z is a delight for Peter Mayle's ever-growing audience and the perfect complement to any guidebook on Provence, or, for that matter, France.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400095698
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2008-12-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400095698

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