{"product_id":"searching-for-family-and-traditions-at-the-french-table-book-one-champagne-alsace-lorraine-and-paris-regions-savoring-the-olde-ways-series-boo-paperback","title":"Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One (Champagne, Alsace, Lorraine, and Paris Regions): Savoring the Olde Ways Series: Boo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarole Bumpus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart culinary memoir and part travelogue, Carole Bumpus gathered this compilation of intimate interviews, conversations, stories, and traditional family recipes (cuisine pauvre) in the kitchens of French families as she traveled throughout the countryside. Travel with her through Champagne caves\/wineries and historic cathedrals, local farmers' markets, ancient potters' guilds, and restaurant kitchens with wood-fire ovens. Learn how to make homemade Spinach-stuffed Tortellini with Bolognaise Sauce from the Champagne region, Crêpes and Watercress-stuffed Ravioli from the Lorraine, and \u003ci\u003eBaekeofe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKugelhopf\u003c\/i\u003e from the Alsace. \"Go blind\" from the family stock of \u003ci\u003eEau de Vie\u003c\/i\u003e liqueur and be treated to tales of foraging for snails for the infamous and now extinct Escargots Festival. And, on a somber note, listen to accounts of families forced from their communities during the German occupation of WWII in the Alsace and Lorraine, only to continue to struggle for survival after finally making their way home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is a compilation of stories about making ends meet; about people being grateful for all they had, even when they had almost nothing; about the sharing of family jokes and laughter; and about family trials and triumphs. This book is about people savoring the life they have been given.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarole Bumpus, a retired family therapist, is the author of the historical novel \u003ci\u003eA Cup of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e, published October 2014 through She Writes Press. She is a state board and branch member of the California Writers Club's San Francisco\/Peninsula Branch and has been published in three CWC short-story anthologies: \u003ci\u003eFault Zone: Words from the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFault Zone: Stepping up to the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFault Zone: Over the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e. She continues to write a travel blog taken from excerpts of her interviews with French and Italian families, \u003ci\u003eSavoring the Olde Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, and her articles on both food and US WWII veterans in France have been published in both the US and in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760278176032,"sku":"9781631525490","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5826837bdc5721931454fb34ad29c3c5.webp?v=1780176258","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/searching-for-family-and-traditions-at-the-french-table-book-one-champagne-alsace-lorraine-and-paris-regions-savoring-the-olde-ways-series-boo-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}