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A blog about the history of the food of Paris, expanding on the book "A History of the Food of Paris - From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites"

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Boulanger and the restaurant: the snowballing of a myth

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What were the very first restaurants like?

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The inventor of the restaurant: an eighteenth century “type”

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Dining out in London and Paris before the restaurant

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February 28, 2018

Restricting meals in thirteenth century France

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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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