Les Leftovers

sort of a food history blog

Saturday, June 8, 2019

FRENCH BREAD HISTORY: Nineteenth century bread

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This is the tenth in a series of posts on the history of French bread. The preceding post was on  Revolutionary bread .  Further information...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

FRENCH BREAD HISTORY: The Revolution

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This is the ninth in a series of posts on the history of French bread. The preceding post was on  eighteenth century bread.  Further informa...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Now that you're here, leave.

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With all the wonders of this blog, you can now find related material in two other places: a video channel and a guest blog post. The new You...
Monday, January 15, 2018

A new blog about Paris food history

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Having researched the history of the food of Paris for over a year now, I find myself with a wealth of material that did not fit into my man...
Monday, January 1, 2018

FRENCH BREAD HISTORY: Eighteenth century bread

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This is the eighth in a series of posts on the history of French bread. The preceding post was on  seventeenth century bread . Further infor...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

The pain au chocolat and the chocolatine: a truthier version

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As noted in my last post , I have been drawn despite myself into the history of the pain au chocolat and the chocolatine . And so I might...
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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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