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    Balzac's Omelette: A Delicious Tour of French Food and Culture with Honore'de Balzac

    By Anka Muhlstein

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    “Tell me where you eat, what you eat, and at what time you eat, and I will tell you who you are. ”This is the motto of Anka Muhlstein’s erudite and witty book about the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honoré de Balzac’s The Human Comedy. Balzac uses them as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing more suggestively than money, appearances, and other more conventional trappings.
       Full of surprises and insights, Balzac’s Omelet invites you to taste anew Balzac’s genius as a writer and his deep understanding of the human condition, its ambitions, its flaws, and its cravings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateFeb 14, 2012
    ISBN9781590514740
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    • 3/5
      This book contains an interesting history of French food/cuisine and how one author utilized it in his works and life. It should be of interest to foodies and fans of Balzac (the author); however, while well-written, I do not see it as being appealing to many people outside of these groups.
    • 3/5
      "Balzac's Omelette," subtitled "A delicious tour of French food and culture with Honore de Balzac" by Anka Muhlstein (translated from the French by Adriana Hunter, illustrated by Andreas Gurewich) came to me via Member Giveaway.This book is unusual in its scope and execution. Open any book by Balzac and you soon will find references to food served/eaten/prepared it seems. Six chapters follow a Chronology and Introduction, Footnotes and Credits are at the end. Read the Introduction and you'll be hooked.