Markets of Provence: A Culinary Tour of Southern France

by Dixon Long

Markets of Provence is a beautifully photogr aphed culinary guide through Provence. Using the open air ma rket & the fresh produce as guideposts in this tour, this bo ok really is a food lover''s guide - as well as a cookbook - through this beloved region. '

Genres: Cookbooks

144 pages, Hardcover

First published October 5, 1995

About the author

Dixon Long is a novelist based in Mill Valley, California. Before moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1990, he was professor of Political Science and dean of Western Reserve College at Case Western Reserve University.

His account of sailing around the world with two friends, Westward Home, was published by Carpenter Reserve Printing Company in 1979. His first novel, Brothers, was published in 2001 by Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley. He is the author of six novels, most recently, Connections and Sea of Troubles.

He has co-authored two guides to markets in France, Markets of Provence (HarperCollins, 1966) and Markets of Paris (The Little Bookroom, 2nd Edition 2013). His short stories have appeared in several small literary magazines. Part of novella, Weekend in the Luberon, was published in ZYZZYVA 76, Spring 2006.

Reviews

[Alisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is worth the photographs alone. It only has 21 recipes; it is primarily a lovely travel guide.

[Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read/primer before traveling down to Provence...makes you want to hit every market in France and never eat processed food again.