{"product_id":"the-perfect-meal-in-search-of-the-lost-tastes-of-france-9780062088062","title":"The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIACP Cookbook Award Winner (Culinary Travel)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Full of humor, insight, and mouth-watering details, \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Meal\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightful tour of traditional French culture and cuisine.\" --\u003cem\u003eTravel and Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Baxter's \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Meal\u003c\/em\u003e is part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, taking readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the world's great gastronomic delights before they disappear completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the most revered and complex elements of French cuisine are in danger of disappearing as old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking fade and are forgotten. In this charming culinary travel memoir, John Baxter follows up his bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe Most Beautiful Walk in the World\u003c\/em\u003e by taking his readers on the hunt for some of the most delicious and bizarre endangered foods of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect read for foodies and Francophiles, cooks and gastronomists, and fans of food culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaxter, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJohn Baxter has lived in Paris for more than twenty years. He is the author of four acclaimed memoirs about his life in France: \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eImmoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWe'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light\u003c\/em\u003e. Baxter, who gives literary walking tours through Paris, is also a film critic and biographer whose subjects have included the directors Fellini, Kubrick, Woody Allen, and most recently, Josef von Sternberg. Born in Australia, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, in the same building Sylvia Beach called home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491417690386,"sku":"9780062088062","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e428f5b-cf4d-4d96-8ffc-0ef72463e946.jpg?v=1730540662","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-perfect-meal-in-search-of-the-lost-tastes-of-france-9780062088062","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}