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"Manet comes alive in Brombert's] pages. . . . At times her biography reads like a substantial and detailed 19th-century novel. . . . Brombert's "Edouard Manet" gives us not only a portrait of a complex artist but, in its authority and its range, a portrait of an age as well." James R. Mellow, "New York Times Book Review"
"One of the pleasures of reading her is to follow the way she weaves life, art and history into a smooth tapestry. The art emerges from the life, and in the broadest possible context: in terms of its creator's life and concerns and in terns of its historical and...

Description: JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF THE BLACK ROOSTER tells the story of a twenty-year-old graduate student in French literature who longed to go to Paris, but her fiance's Fulbright fellowship sent them to Rome -- where she had no wish to be -- for their first year of marriage. That was the beginning of a half-century love affair with Italy, and more specifically, with Tuscany, where the Bromberts lived for long periods and to which they return every summer. JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF THE BLACK ROOSTER is a love story in which the author weaves the story of her marriage, the story of her...

Known for his entertaining investigations into culinary practice, Massimo Montanari turns his hungry eye to the phenomenon of food culture, food lore, cooking methods, and eating habits throughout history. An irresistible buffet of one hundred concise and engaging essays, this collection provides stimulating food for thought for those curious about one of life's most fundamental pleasures.

Focusing on the selection, preparation, and mythology of food, Montanari traverses such subjects as the status of the pantry over the centuries, the various strategies of cooking over time, the...