Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. PROLOGUE: Eating Orders 1
6. CHAPTER ONE: Culinary Configurations 15
7. CHAPTER TWO: Inventing French Cuisine 49
8. CHAPTER THREE: Readings in a Culinary Culture 83
9. CHAPTER FOUR: Food Nostalgia 111
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Consuming Passions 149
11. EPILOGUE: Babette’s Feast: A Fable for Culinary France 187
12. Appendix A: Bibliography—Cookery Works by Date of Original Publication 203
13. Appendix B: Sample of Cookbooks Bibliographie de la France, 1811–98 205
14. Appendix C: Research Notes 209
15. Notes 215
16. Bibliography 239
17. Index 253