Savoring the Past The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789

In this masterful and charming book, food historian Barbara Ketcham Wheaton takes the reader on a cultural and gastronomical tour of France, from its medieval age to the pre-Revolutionary era using a delightful combination of personal correspondence, historical anecdotes, and journal entries.

Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, trained as an art historian, has spent the past thirty-five years researching culinary history. A distinguished graduate of France's Ecole des Trois Gourmandes, she has lectured frequently and currently teaches seminars in French culture. An honorary curator of the culinary collection at Radcliffe College's Schlesinger Library, she resides with her husband in Concord, Massachusetts. She is at work on a second volume of Savoring the Past, from 1789 to the present.