Les Leftovers

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Showing posts with label Gallo-Roman culture. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Gallo-Roman culture. Show all posts

Friday, August 30, 2013

The water highways of Gaul

Imagine a Frank riding about the countryside his people have just begun to rule. He sees a series of arches in the distance, stretching from...

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chezjim: Jim Chevallier is a food historian with a checkered past and eclectic interests. His most recent book is "Feasting with the Franks; the First French Medieval Food'; this follows a history of French bread - "Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread" - and a small work on the women who delivered bread in Paris and other cities for over a century: "They Came Bearing Bread; the Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain'. CHOICE magazine named his "A History of the Food of Paris: From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites" an Outstanding Academic Achievement for 2019; for more about this history of Parisian food, see parisfoodhistory,com . He has appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning" and other media outlets.

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