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Lisa Jewell • Then She Was Gone: A Novel
Robin Sloan • A coat check ticket, a magic spell
everyone involved in the art market talks up the provenances with which he or she is affiliated.
Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World
Many wines are capable of "sparkling," but champagne producers began to realize the upmarket potential of their sparkling beverage and worked hard to promote its distinctiveness. This was done with the creation of aristocratic genealogies and myths of patrimony, linking the drink, the place, and the producers to a storied past.
taste of place, Amy
... See moreIn many ways similar to Curnonsky's Le trésor gastronomique, this collection of books, one for each of the twenty-two départements of France, goes into more detail about each produit du terroir, providing contact information and recipes representative of each region. Anthropologist Marion Demoissier sees this newer incarnation of the regional
... See moreBy eleven o’clock the market was over. Many of the truffles that had been bought were already on trains, racing against further evaporation as they left Provence for Paris; or, in some cases, for the Dordogne, where they would be presented as natives of the Périgord. Truffles from this region are considered to be superior—like Cavaillon melons or
... See morePeter Mayle • Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France (Vintage Departures)
Many artefacts were recovered without their provenance being recorded; we cannot say how grave goods were disposed about the bodies except by analogy from other sites of the period; but they included a handful of Roman coins (four of them perforated for use as pendants); more than fifty brooches, various bracelets and finger rings; two swords;
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