Food For Thought

An Oven in Marseilles

 Books

Kim Wright, Love in Mid Air
Dawn Tripp, The Game of Secrets
Derrick Jennsen, The Culture of Make Believe

Harold Ivan Smith, Grieving the Death of a Mother

Bruce LeFavour, France on Foot

Michael Krondi, Taste of Conquest

John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel
David D. Friedman, The Goodman of Paris Cookbook

Larissa Lai, Salt Fish Girl

Ken Albala, Cooking in Europe, 1250-1650

Ken Albala, Eating Right in the Renaissance

Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789

Elizabeth Spencer, The Snare

Elizabeth Spencer, The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales

Holley Bishop, Robbing the Bees

Odile Redon, Françoise Sabban, and Silvano Servanti, The Medieval Kitchen

Malcolm Jones, The Secret Middle Ages

Gillian Riley, Renaissance Recipes

Yvone Lenard, The Magic of Provence

Sharron Newman, Strong as Death

Paul Theroux, The Mosquito Coast

Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD, Women Who Run with the Wolves

Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

Margaret Atwood, The Edible Woman

Michelin, France, Touring and Motoring Atlas

Michelin, The Green Guide: Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn, Gorges

Lori Reid, Moon Blessings

John Haywood, Historical Atlas of the Medieval World

Alexander Mackay-Smith, Encyclopedia of the Horse, foreward

Bernard Dupaigne, The History of Bread

James Cowan, A Troubadour's Testament

Regina McBride, The Land of Women

Marlena de Blasi, A Thousand Days in Venice

Dawn Clifton Tripp, The Season of Open Water

Dawn Clifton Tripp, Moon Tide

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Hundred Years of Solitude

Elizabeth Graver, The Honey Thief

David Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints

Voltaire, Candide

Frances Mayes, A Year in the World

Ted Andrews, Animal Wise

Louise Riotte, Astrological Gardening

Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes

Peter Reinhart, The Bread Baker's Apprentice

Marie Claude Gracia, Le Cuisine de passion

Elwyn Hartley Edwards, The Ultimate Horse Book

Thomas Bulfinch, The Golden Age of Myth and Legend

Joanne Harris, Chocolat

Diane Ackerman, The Moon by Whale Light

Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

Robert Olmstead, Coal Black Horse

Raymond Oliver, Gastronomy of France

A. Leconte, editor, Plan de Paris

Adam Gopnik, Paris to the Moon

Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies

Clifford A. Wright, A Mediterranean Feast

Ann Prospero, Chefs of the Triangle: Their Lives, Recipes, and Restaurants

Benjamin Watson, Taylor's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables

Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth
Richard Folkard, Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics
Susan Groag Bell, The Lost Tapestries of the City of Ladies 

Shopping for Cheese in a French Market

Inspiring Blogs

Rosie in Paris
French Word-A-Day
Jeremy Cooks!
Writer Unboxed
Ken Albala's Food Rant
Gherkins & Tomatoes
AMAWalker
Nothing is Wasted on the Writer
Damon Fowler, Southern Food Historian's blog
An American in Avignon
Love in Mid Air
Jeremy's Heirloom
Book Marketing Buzz Blog
Chez Loulou
Farid Zadi Ecole de Cuisine in Los Angeles
Wild Yeast

People, Pages, Recipes, Stores, and Sites I Love


David Leibovitz
Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Geographicus Antique Maps
Painted Skulls of Halstatt
Jesse Browner, The Podcast History of Cooking
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean, an on-line atlas of the ancient Mediterranean wold
Sourdough Italian Bread and Sandwich Rolls, a recipe
High-Extraction Miche, a recipe
Eric Kayser's Ciabatta au Levain Liquide, a recipe
Restoration of St. Gilles Church (by Les Compagons du Devoir)
Bernard Clayton's Breads of France--Poilaine loaf, a discussion
St-Trophime, Arles, a church in Provence
Christine de Pizan in her study, an essay by Susan Groag Bell
Lost City of Arabia
Richard Folkard's Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics, Google Book
Nérac, capitale du Pays d'Albret, the history of a town
Divine Rose
Southeast Wise Women
Herb Haven
Castagne Malerba, recipes for gnocchi, tagiatelle, and papardelle
Marie-Claude Gracia's Roast Duck, a recipe
Clifford A. Wright, James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year 2000 winner

Johnny Grey, London's luxury kitchen designer
Landscapes of the Heart, The Elizabeth Spencer Documentary Project
Livres ancien--Gilles Barbero, an antique bookstore in Arles, France
Lee Smith, North Carolina author
Kitchenware Outfitters, Savannah Gourmet Cookware Store and Culinary Class Center
Gipsy Kings, beloved music of Arles and the Camargue
Six Recipes from The Medieval Kitchen
Batik Paintings by Robin Ford, Robin's paintings of trees near her Tennessee farm are magical