Breakfast in Burgundy

A Hungry Irishman in the Belly of France

De: Raymond Blake

Narrado por: John Keating

Laced with compelling writing about French food and its ways, Breakfast in Burgundy is part travel memoir, part foodie detective story, and part love song to Raymond's adopted home. This audiobook tells the story of the Blake's decision to buy a house in Burgundy. Raymond describes the moments of despair such as the water leak that cost a fortune and the fantastic times too. Blake has admitted to being fascinated by flavor and how it is created." Breakfast in Burgundy contains tales from the kitchen, and the answer to the question that begins each day ("What's for dinner?") is given ample coverage. The hunt for the best jambon persill is portrayed in detail. The same diligence is applied to the search for the best Comt cheese; for there's Comt and there's Comtonce nibbled, never forgotten. Yet to be perfected by Blake is Chicken Gaston Grard, said to have been first cooked in Dijon in 1930 for the celebrated gourmet Curnonsky by the mayor's wife. A neighboring winemaker's wife prepared it for Blake, as he watched over her shoulder. Breakfast in Burgundy documents these results and more. Included are tips on how best to prepare, cook, and serve the various goodies, as well as the story behind the wines (some of the most sought after in the world) that complement the foods, telling of people and places, who made the wine and where it is from - without recourse to tedious technical detail or dry-as-tinder tasting notes.

©2014 Raymond Blake (P)2014 Audible Inc.

the narrator's French is painfully terrible

Why get a narrator who can't speak a word of French? His mispronunciations are painful.
Does Mr Blake speak French this badly? No wonder he had so much trouble being understood.

Lyrical and fascinating.

John Keating’s voice is sublime. The subject matter is delightful. I learned and enjoyed!! Lyrical and fascinating!!

Literally Laugh out loud!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Not being a wine connoisseur myself. I vowed to learn more more and rehabs take a class! Wonderful sense of humor and top notch narration!

Good read

Ingenious writer, I learned about the culture of France, listened to French words, a lot of vocabulary. I recommend it.

Lovely content marred by performer

The story is as I expected: the “Year in Provence” food-wine-locality narrative. It’s a testimony to the strength of the writing that I stuck through despite the narrator, who performs with an annoying tempo as if a scratchy voiced grandpa reading to children.