Description: "A study of the development and evolution of Provenðcal cuisine and its links to post-revolutionary culture through primary sources such as travel narratives, household accounts, manuscript recipes and meal invoices"--
Brief description: Barbara Santich is Professor Emeritus at University of Adelaide, Australia, where she established the graduate program in gastronomy in 2001. She is the author of nine books including Bold Palates: Australia's Gastronomic Heritage (2012) which was short-listed for the non-fiction category of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
Review Quotes:
"Barbara Santich greatly extends one's understanding of the development and evolution of regional cuisines and, crucially, their place within a recognisably French gastronomic culture." --Petits Propos Culinares
"Eating in Eighteenth-Century Provence opens a window into the past that has never been explored before. Santich's groundbreaking work is quite astonishing and clearly cemented foundations for further research on Provençal food history." --European Journal of Food and Drink "Through painstaking research and compelling analysis, Santich invites other scholars to join her at the Provençal table." --Histoire sociale / Social History