"Trubek sees the world the way cooks do."--Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker "A fine survey of French food and culture."--Bookwatch "An impeccably researched history and reference for the cooking student and scholar."--Kirkus Reviews "Paris is the culinary centre of the world. All the great missionaries of good cookery have gone forth from it, and its cuisine was, is, and ever will be the supreme expression of one of the greatest arts of the world," observed the English author of The Gourmet Guide to Europe in 1903. Even today, a sophisticated meal, expertly prepared and...