Product details
- ISBN 9780857868817
- Weight: 260g
- Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jul 2014
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Jean-Marie Charles d'Aumout is many things.
Orphan, soldier, diplomat, spy, lover.
And chef.
This is his story.
We meet Jean-Marie d'Aumout as a penniless orphan eating beetles by the side of a road. His fate is changed after an unlikely encounter finds him patronage and he is sent to military academy. Despite his lowly roots, and thanks to wit and courage in great measure, he grows up to become a diplomat and spy.
Passion, political intrigue and international adventure abound in Jean-Marie's life, yet his drive stems from a single obsession: the pursuit of the perfect taste. Three-Snake Bouillabaisse, Pickled Wolf's Heart and Flamingo Tongue are just some of the delicacies he devours on his journey toward the ultimate feast.
Rising through the ranks of eighteenth-century French society, he feasts with lords, ladies and eventually kings, at the Palace of Versailles itself.
But beyond the palace walls, revolution is in the air and the country is clamouring with hunger of a different kind.
Jonathan Grimwood has written for the Guardian, The Times, the Telegraph and the Independent. He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker. They divide their time between Winchester and Paris.
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