French category: 3718 books
Eating Eternity
Food, Art and Literature in France
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour," wrote Talleyrand. That Napoleon's most gifted advisor should speak so highly of eating says much about the importance of food in French culture. From the crumbs of a madeleine dipped in tisane that inspired Marcel...
The Perfectionist
Life and Death in Haute Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2005
An unforgettable portrait of France’s legendary chef, and the sophisticated, unforgiving world of French gastronomy
Bernard Loiseau was one of only twenty-five French chefs to hold Europe’s highest culinary award, three stars in the Michelin Red Guide, and only the second chef to be personally...
Image and Imagination
Picturing the Old French Epic
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
The first in-depth interdisciplinary study of word and image in the Old French chanson de geste, Image and Imagination: Picturing the Old French Epic examines the fascinating relationship between illumination and epic narrative constructed by the medieval understanding of the imagination. The study...
by Germaine Mason
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1959
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1959
In this introductory survey, Professor Mason offers a bird's-eye view of French literature in six chapters, each dealing with approximately a century. She adopts the views which 'seem[ed] to have the assent of the best critics' in 1958.
LeBootcamp Diet
The Scientifically-Proven French Method to Eat Well, Lose Weight, and Keep it Off For Good
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
Valerie Orsoni's French diet sensation comes to America! Discover the food and fitness plan that's changed over a million lives...delicious recipes included.**
DETOX/ATTACK/MAINTENANCE
After a lifetime of insane regimens, weight fluctuations, and...
by Homer
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Translated by Charles-Rene-Marie Leconte de L'Isle. According to Wikipedia: "Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The ancient Greeks generally believed that Homer was a historical individual, but modern scholars...
French cuisine in Provence and Côte d'Azur
Aioli – Bouillabaisse – Herbes de Provence – Ratatouille – Provence wine
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
French cuisine in Provence and Côte d'Azur
Aioli
Bouillabaisse
Herbes de Provence
Ratatouille
Provence wine
Making provençal aioli Aioli of garlic, salt, egg, and olive oil in a mortar Aioli with olives
Aioli ; is a sauce made of...
by Jim Chevallier
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Is bacon fat meat? Chicken? Cheese? Eggs? All of these have been considered, at different times, meat or meatless foods by the Catholic Church. The eighteenth century historian Le Grand d'Aussy included several long passages on the complex history of Catholic fasting in France in his master work on...
by Richard Wiles
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
This essential dictionary and phrase book includes every term you need to know when buying, maintaining, renovating or building a home in France. Accessible and comprehensive, it includes the technical words you won’t find in an ordinary dictionary for tools and equipment and every aspect of painting,...
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook
Strategies, Recipes, and Techniques of Classic Bistro Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Bestselling author, TV host, and chef Anthony Bourdain reveals the hearty, delicious recipes of Les Halles, the classic New York City French bistro where he got his start.
Before stunning the world with his bestselling Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, host of the celebrated TV shows...
J’aime dormir dans mon lit I Love to Sleep in My Own Bed
French English Bilingual Collection
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
French English children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or French as their second language. Jimmy doesn't want to sleep in his own bed. Every night he sneaks into his parents' room and falls asleep in their bed. Until one night something unexpected happened.
Michel Houellebecq
Humanity and its Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Michel Houellebecq is perhaps the single most successful and controversial of all contemporary novelists writing in French. Houellebecq has become a global publishing phenomenon: his books have been translated worldwide, three film adaptations of his work have been produced, and the author has been...
MADEMOISELLE FIFI & OTHER TALES – Bilingual Edition (English / French)
An Adventure in Paris, Boule de Suif, Rust, Marroca, The Log, The Relic, Words of Love, Christmas Eve, Two Friends, Am I Insane?...
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents....
Pleasures and Days and "Memory" / Les Plaisirs et les Jours et "Souvenir" Short Stories by Marcel Proust
A Dual-Language Book
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Set amid the salon society of fin-de-siècle Paris, these captivating tales offer satirical and moving depictions of metropolitan life. Proust's stunning debut chronicles the lives, loves, manners, and motivations of a fascinating cast of characters. These philosophical reflections, brief narratives,...