Stéphane Hénaut’s wide-ranging career in food includes working in the Harrods fromagerie, cooking for the Lord Mayor of London’s banquets, and selling obscure vegetables in a French fruiterie. The co-author, with Jeni Mitchell, of A Bite-Sized History of France (The New Press), he lives in Berlin.
[A] new and impressive book that intertwines stories of gastronomy, culture, war, and revolution. . . It’s a roller coaster ride, and when you’re done you’ll wish you could come back for more.