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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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April 21, 2021

New Blog: What I Found in Paris

This new blog will explore my personal memories of Paris, from one student year and seven years working there; for those who enjoy such musings: https://parisfinds.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-i-found-in-paris.html

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October 01, 2020

The invention of the restaurant was no big deal

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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 .

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