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A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France | 
 enlarge | Author: Georgeanne Brennan
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $9.01
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 873022
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 6 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5944
ASIN: B001B2HIJM
Publication Date: March 8, 2007
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Condition: Brand new book
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Product Description
From the publisher of Under the Tuscan Sun comes another extraordinary memoir of a woman embarking on a new life this time in the South of France. Thirty years ago, James Beard Award-winning author Georgeanne Brennan set out to realize the dream of a peaceful, rural existence en Provence. She and her husband, with their young daughter in tow, bought a small farmhouse with a little land, and a few goats and pigs and so began a life-affirming journey. Filled with delicious recipes and local color, this evocative and passionate memoir describes her life cooking and living in the Proven al tradition an entrancing tale that will whet the appetite and the spirit perfect for foodies, Francophiles, or anyone who's dreamed of packing their bags and buying a ticket to the good life.
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 Too Much Recipe Preparation September 8, 2008
R. Stout (Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have always enjoyed books on people who have moved to France and taken up residency. This book fit the bill, but only in a limited way. It was filled with far too many details on preparing particular Provencal dishes. While I enjoy good food, and learning more about French cuisine, I don't need to know the details of slaughtering a lamb or pig.
 Pig in Provence May 9, 2008
G. Dennis Gary (Healdsburg, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great little book about Rural France and a difference culture - you get a feeling thru the writer as to how things have maybe changed but hopefully stayed the same - it's a good fast read
Un cochon en Provence April 26, 2008
M. Harriman (Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Rather evocative but wish it were fulleer and longer. The recipes could have been rather more original
truly enjoyable memoir January 8, 2008
PAB (sacramento CA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is not only an immensely enjoyable memoir of provencal living which is so easy to read, it has a useful overview of subjects such as mushroom collecting with practical receipes at the end of each chapter. I have ALOT of books about americans living in France and this is one of my favorites to date.
Fantastic read December 7, 2007
R. Amaro (Del Mar, CA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic story about one woman's introduction to and exploration of life in Provence. The book takes you on a culinary journey through the region, with beautiful introductions to specialties of the area. Each chapter features a different major Provence food: truffles, goat cheese, garlic, etc and ends with a recipe that has been featured in the narrative. For those who want understand the relationship between the land, the food, and the people of Provence, this book is highly recommended.
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