{"product_id":"dining-with-marcel-proust","title":"Dining with Marcel Proust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcel Proust's literary masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu overflows with brilliant, minutely described accounts of food and drink drawn from the author's vivid memories. \u003c\/strong\u003eAfter all, it was the taste of one of those short, plump little cakes called petites madeleines, dipped into a cup of tea, that first impelled Proust into \"a remembrance of things past.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wrote with relish and exactitude about Françoise, the family cook in Illiers-Combray, the restaurant at the Grand Hôtel Balbec, meals at Rivebelle, La Raspelière, and the Guermantes' in Paris. Shirley King, a professional chef and lifelong lover of Proust's works, was inspired to draw these two strands together into this tribute to a master: a collection of recipes representing the best of classical French cuisine from Proust's belle époque, ranging from the sophisticated elaboration of lobster à l'américaine or truffled partridge to the simplicity of croque-monsieur. King combines practical instruction, quotations from Proust's works, and rich illustrations in a way that will charm every lover of Proust and every cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShirley King (1931-2005) was the author of the classic cookbook Fish, the Basics: An Illustrated Guide to Selecting and Cooking Fresh Seafood and Pampille's Table: Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside from Marthe Daudet's \"Les Bons Plats de France,\" available in a Bison Books edition. She worked for more than twenty-five years as a chef, caterer, consultant, writer, and instructor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48259825795230,"sku":"9780803278264","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/0657\/4494\/files\/27423973482473.jpg?v=1789106037","url":"https:\/\/tavolabooks.com\/products\/dining-with-marcel-proust","provider":"Tavola Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}