{"product_id":"book-ahk9","title":"The Gourmands' Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eA biography of six writers on food and wine whose lives and careers intersected in mid-twentieth-century France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring \u003ci\u003eles trente glorieuses\u003c\/i\u003e―a thirty-year boom period in  France between the end of World War II and the 1974 oil crisis―Paris was  not only the world's most delicious, stylish, and exciting tourist  destination; it was also the world capital of gastronomic genius and  innovation. \u003ci\u003eThe Gourmands' Way\u003c\/i\u003e explores the lives and writings of  six Americans who chronicled the food and wine of \"the glorious  thirty,\" paying particular attention to their individual struggles as  writers, to their life circumstances, and, ultimately, to their  particular genius at sharing awareness of French food with mainstream  American readers. In doing so, this group biography also tells the story  of an era when America adored all things French. The group is comprised  of the war correspondent A. J. Liebling; Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude  Stein's life partner, who reinvented herself at seventy as a cookbook  author; M. F. K. Fisher, a sensualist and fabulist storyteller; Julia  Child, a television celebrity and cookbook author; Alexis Lichine, an  ambitious wine merchant; and Richard Olney, a reclusive artist who  reluctantly evolved into a brilliant writer on French food and wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether,  these writer-adventurers initiated an American cultural dialogue on  food that has continued to this day. Justin Spring's \u003ci\u003eThe Gourmands' Way\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book ever to look at them as a group and to specifically chronicle their Paris experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49294412808496,"sku":"BDahk9","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49294412841264,"sku":"ZEahk9","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49294413037872,"sku":"ZMahk9","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ahk9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775742576","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ahk9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}