Duck season : eating, drinking, and other misadventures in Gascony -- France's last best place
/ David McAninch.
- First edition.
- New York : Harper , c2017
- viii, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Fire -- Market day -- The country life -- Old school -- Magret -- À votre santé -- La Fête -- Beautiful people -- Garbure -- Dinner at Henri's -- Into the mountains -- Poule au pot -- Hills and valleys -- Dessert -- A day in the vines -- Slow and low -- To bag a bird -- Noble spirits -- Aux armes, citoyens! -- Chez Guérard -- Le saint cochon -- Foie gras -- Confit -- Apéro -- Last supper.
A food writer describes the eight months he spent living in a deeply rural region of France and how he fell in love with the area, the people, and the food while herding sheep in the Pyrenees, harvesting grapes, and distilling Armagnac.
English
9780062309419
McAninch, David
Gastronomy Food habits---France French cooking Travel writing