Eating Eternity: Food, Art and Literature in France

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Baxter shows how the French have celebrated the relationship between art and food. Painters have found in food a persuasive metaphor for the divinity of nature; authors wrote in Paris's cafes, and wrote of the pleasures and importance of food in French culture. Inspired by art, French chefs created dishes as much for the way they looked as for their taste. Part history, part guidebook, Baxter's book offers a seductive menu of those places in the French capital where art and food have intersected, and brings to life the culinary experiences of Paris. -- adapted from back cover.