Spotlight
The southern French city of Marseille on the Mediterranean Sea has long been famous for its spicy fish soup, known as bouillabaisse. Learn more here or by listening below.
Foundational Sources
- The Oxford Companion to Food
- "France," in Food Cultures of the World
- "France" in Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- "France," in Sweet Treats Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- "France," in Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
- "Consumer Culture: Food, Drink and Fashion," in The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture
- "French Chocolate as Intangible Cultural Heritage," in Edible Identities: Food as Cultural Heritage
- A Cultural History of Food
- Countries and their Cultures
- World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence from Hunter-Gathers to the Age of Globalization
- French Cuisine : the Gourmet's Companion
- Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine
- "The Sociology of French Gastronomy," in The Sociology of Food : Eating and the Place of Food in Society
- "France," in At the Table
- Food Culture in the Mediterranean
- "The History and Culture of Food and Drink in Europe: France," in The Cambridge World History of Food
- Dictionary of Wine: All the French Wine Appellations, from A-Z
Films
Content Available to BU:
- France: Culture and Cuisine (streaming, Academic Video Online)
- Gourmet trip. France (streaming, Academic Video Online)
- Food revolution. French organic farming explores the unconventional (streaming, Academic Video Online)
- The French experience. Bon appétit! (streaming, Academic Video Online)
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