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November 07, 2005

"Gastronomie! Food Museums and Heritage Sites of France." Buy This Book!

    Gascoverfinaljpg_2  Yes, fellow foodies, our glorious book ( says Foodie modestly,)  is now in stock and raring to be bought by you and yours. 

Christmas is coming, so snap up this one for your foodie friends and family members hunkered down in armchairs, waiting for fuel prices to drop. Or buy the book for active foodie travelers bored with all the usual sites. Gastronomie! is the first extensive exploration ever of French food historic sites.

No one else delivers you this kind of book, food-lovers, packed with colorful photos from our trek and from The FOOD Museum's collections. We traveled over 10,000 kilometers around France ( someone had to do it) to bring you the backstory of French food.

France, the mother country of Western cuisine, is the home of more museums about food, and more initiatives to preserve food heritage traditions and sites, than any other.

Explore the Saffron Museum in Boynes, the world food museum at Agropolis in Montpellier, the ruins of a huge Roman mill outside Arles, the Olive Museum in Nyons, the fig orchards of Sollies-Pont, the oyster beds of Ile d'Oleron, the turkey parade and festival in Licques, the village ovens of Bugey, the Chocolate Museum in Biarritz, the Newfoundland Fishing Museum in Fecamp, the Honey Museum in Gramont, the melon statue in Cavaillon, the truffle market in Lalbenque, and more.

And sample a few choice recipes, as well.

Buy it! ( Only 19.95.)  In stores, via Amazon, or on-line.  ( By Meredith Sayles Hughes and Tom Hughes, Bunker Hill Publishing.)

Posted at 09:47 PM in Books, Food & Art, Food & Culture, Food and Drink, Food Exhibits, Food Heritage Sites, Food History, Travel to Eat |

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Comments

Foodie

Merci, friends. You will indeed enjoy the book! ( So says an utterly unbiased friend of ours at Wall Street Journal Europe based in Belgium who has received his copy in advance of St Niklaas...)

Foodie and spouse have once again been on the road, in Central Florida...last night we endured a fresh ( right off the boat) piece of swordfish that Foodie prepared on a hot plate in one of the last of the funky kitchenette motels. Garlic, tomato, olive oil and seasonings...........woof!

Posted by: Foodie | November 15, 2005 at 08:13 AM

barbwire

Congratulations! Finally out to the public after all your suffering sampling French wonderfoods and wonderplaces. Off to get a couple for gifts and of course one for us...

Posted by: barbwire | November 09, 2005 at 12:18 PM

Cynthia

It's now officially on my Christmas list. Plus, I fired off a memo to the director of the Napoleonic Alliance, a good friend who is both a leading historian and a skilled chef. I'm sure he'll let others in his organization know about it. No shortage of fans of French food history in the Alliance!

Bonne chance, mon ami. I hope the book sells beyond your dreams.

Posted by: Cynthia | November 08, 2005 at 03:37 PM

KathyF

I will mail one of these to my inlaws in France, even though they are moving soon and will be saddened by what they are missing.

And one for myself.

I see the NYTimes bestseller list in your future!

Posted by: KathyF | November 08, 2005 at 04:15 AM

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