A Pig in Provence Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

A Pig in Provence is Under the Tuscan Sun meets Anna K. Fisher: an evocative, personal culinary history from the James Beard Award-winning author of numerous books on cooking and gardening.In the late 1970s culinary expert Georgeanne Brennan, her husband and their baby daughter set out to realize a dream of a peaceful, rural life in the South of France, cooking and eating in the Provencal tradition. Each chapter in her appealing memoir is centred around a traditional Provencal food or meal. The narrative is sprinkled with local colour, informal recipes and historical and cultural perspectives on a region that has captivated travellers and gourmands for centuries.