Table stories
Familiar flavors of Erri de Luca, Gallimard editions, 18 €.
Under the poetic pen of Erri de Luca, the Sunday lunches with the scent of “Ragù who escape from the concierge lodge”, the Frittata di Maccheroni for the picnic at the beach, the meals taken on construction sites, the warm atmosphere of the taverns Popular where the militant youth rubbed shoulders with the working class take a particular flavor. Echoing each story, Valerio Galasso, nutritionist and friend of the great Italian writer, delivers practical advice and keys for healthy eating habits.
Nugget guide
Will I go back? by François Simon, Flammarion editions, € 26.
The gastronomic critic, journalist and traveler writer François Simon could add “poet” on his business card. His latest work brings together his best addresses he describes with a sound style and his sense of formula that made the success of his video chronicles on Instagram.
Truckers are nice
Road restaurants by Guillaume Blot, Hoëbeke editions, € 28.
The 184 pages of this book pay tribute to the road restaurants, and reveal a gallery of colorful characters who swallow kilometers and are very attached to these places, unfortunately endangered: 4500 in the 70s, barely 700 today. We bet that when you come across one along the national, you will take a meal break in these anthology places.
Cooking bite
Hot in front, tribulation of a journalist in the kitchen from Géraldine Meignan. Illustrations Hubert Van Rie, Bayard Graphic editions, € 23.
By blowing her 50 candles, Géraldine Meignan decides to turn the page on her life as a journalist to spend her kitchen course and truly discover the profession of cook. Illustrated by Hubert Van Rie, his touching and poetic graphic novel is ultimately an exciting journalistic investigation.
Historical bubbles
The incredible story of the kitchenfrom Benoist Simmat. Illustrations Stéphane Douay, Les Arenès BD, 26 €.
A pavement certainly but quite digestible! After The incredible history of wineBenoist Simmat signs that of restaurants, ROVER Roman with medieval inns to contemporary places … and even futuristic, the work ends with the meal bounded by Alain Ducasse and served to the astronauts of the ISS for Christmas Eve 2016.
Bestiary to crunch
Hide and seek, by Caroline Dall’ava. Editions L’Agrume, € 13.90.
For naps under the parasol, joyful and poetic readings for toddlers from 2 years old, the collection of pop-up books by Caroline Dall’ava features a big gourmet boar, a little gluttonous squirrel, a hillyard fox…
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