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ProvenCal Living (Mini Lifestyle Library series)

Scriptum Editions, 2007

With its houses built of rough or cut stone or rendered and washed with color, there is simplicity and honesty about the vernacular architecture of Provençe that lures people from all over the world to this most acclaimed and frequently visited region of France. Provençe is often described as being human in scale as well as Virgilian—having a classical poise and balance where proportions and values seem right. Its homes and houses ...

Provencal Inspiration: Living the French Country Spirit

1 review

Home Planners, 2001

Inspriational? Not so much
Clever, yes. Beautiful pictures, yes. Well written, yes. I did get a few new ideas from this book but it really didn't offer anything that I had not seen before somewhere else. I love Country French and will continue to look for my inspirational book.

A Provencal Kitchen: Healthy Cooking from the South of France

1 review
Suzanne McLucas

Johnson Books, 1992

One of the best French cookbooks available.
This is one of the best French cookbooks I've ever read and used. The recipes are graded by "Easy", "Intermediate", and "Advanced" so that even beginning cooks can start cooking gourment French recipes. And for the advanced cook, the recipes are challenging and delicious. Everyone I've recommended this book to loves it. The author also provides an interesting and delightful history of ...

Provencal Interiors: French Country Style in America

16 reviews
Betty Lou Phillips

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 1998

Usable ideas for home building and interior design
I have spent hours upon hours thumbing through design books at local warehouse bookstores, and have found "Provincal Interiors" to be the most comprehensive one for interior design and building ideas. I have, literally, copied pages to show my architect and am using over eight of the rooms, or exterior shots in my new home. I have just ordered the other book on Amazon by Betty Lou Phillips, and ...

Lulu's Provencal Table

2 reviews
Richard Olney

Ten Speed Press, 2002

A classic of the first Water! Buy it!!!
`Lulu's Provencal Table' by renowned culinary writer and editor, Richard Olney is one of the best works in the very select genre of what might be called `culinary anthropology'. The works I know in this field are few in number but very high in quality and in the rewards for interested readers. The leading work in this field is certainly `Honey from a Weed' by Patience Gray. Other notable ...

The Provencal House: Architecture and Interiors

5 reviews
Johanna Thornycroft

Harry N. Abrams, 2003

Breathtaking
I picked this book up from the table of new releases at a local bookstore, sat in a chair, and didn't move except to turn the pages for the next 90 minutes. In more than 200 color photographs, The Provencal House explores the beauty of 16 Provencal homes - interior and exterior details, uses of color playing off the landscape, curves and arches and doorways. It's a beautiful celebration of an ...

Provencal Escapes: Inspirational Homes In Provence And The Cote D'azur

4 reviews
Caroline Clifton-Mogg

Ryland Peters & Small, 2005

Magnificant Redecoration of Older French Homes
This magnificant book consists of photographic studies of some 22 homes in the Provence and Cote d'Azur regions of France. These homes are primarily older (as much as 300 years) that have been seriously redecorated to make them into jewels of plesant styling. For the most part, the redecoration of the homes has been to retain (or return to) the styling of the time they were built. Magnificant ...

Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

24 reviews
Nancy Goldstone

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

Sibling Rivalry in the Thirteenth century
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe is about the 4 daughters of the Count and Countess of Provence who all became Queens. They are Marguerite (married to Louis, King of France), Eleanor (married to Henry, King of England, Sanchia (married to Richard of Cornwell, later King of Germany) and Beatrice (married to King Louis' brother Charles of Anjou, later King of Sicily). I was ...

Lulu's Provencal Table: The Exuberant Food and Wine from Domaine Tempier Vineyard

3 reviews
Richard Olney

Harpercollins, 1994

Finest Cookbook I Own
This is simply the finest cookbook in my library, and one above all others that I could simply not do without. It is both a pleasure to read and a goldmine of authentic, simple, provencale cuisine that allows the reader a clear understanding of what this food is really about. It is moe than a cookbook, it is a window into a world that makes one want to pack his bags and move to Provence.

Cezanne and the Provencal Table
Jean-Bernard Naudin

Clarkson Potter, 1995

Paul Cezanne, perhaps more than any Impressionist, felt an attachment to his birthplace that would endure throughout his lifetime. From the farmhouse where he was raised at Jas de Bouffan to his final home at Lauves, his native region of Provence would provide both the creative and physical sustenance necessary to fuel his unique artistic vision. In a letter, Cezanne once wrote of Provence, "When you are born there, you're done for. Nothing else ...

The Troubadours Of Dante: Being Selections From The Works Of The Provencal Poets Quoted By Dante
H. J. Chaytor

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

Lulu's Provencal Table: The Exuberant Food and Wine from Domaine Tempier Vineyard
Richard Olney

Harpercollins, 1994

Provencal Light

2 reviews
Martha R. Shulman

William Morrow Cookbooks, 2000

Gastronomy, Kitchen Tricks, & Excellent Food...
Martha Rose Shulman truly is a delight. She has written a book that is as fun to sit down and read... as it is to pull out and plan a menu. With each page and each chapter it is obvious to the reader the care and passion the author has towards preserving the essence of Provencal cuisine. Balance this with a healthful approach of minimizing fat without sacrificing flavour and you have the perfect ...

Herbes De Provence: Seven Top Provencal Chefs and Their Recipes

1 review
Anthony Gardiner, John Freeman

Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2002

Beautiful Melange of These Seven Herbs
Provence is known throughout the culinary world as a stronghold. Often, one is called upon in a recipe for "herbes de provence." This is a combo of seven of the herbes used in this region:bay, fennel, marjoram, rosemary, sage, thyme, and savory. Here, seven of their top chefs take one of the herbes and create a burst of recipes featuring that herb. Feast your eyes and tastebuds on such as: ...

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