1. Introduction

2. Introduction to books

(2) I was a senior advertiser, and then I specialized in writing.

(3) I moved to Provence, France in 1987, and I couldn't help loving the local customs and folk customs. I wrote this book, but I did it casually, but it became a classic.

(4) A Year in Provence is elegant and humorous, which records Mel's leisure in his first year of seclusion in the countryside and conveys a sudden and peaceful attitude towards life.

(5) "Provence" has thus become synonymous with leisure life.

second, keywords: interesting life (my intuitive feeling)

delicious food

fine wine

interesting people

interesting things

third, talking about it separately

(1) delicious food

1. In Provence, gourmets abound, and sometimes you will meet the real ". French people are obsessed with food, and people who are not inferior to other countries are keen on sports or politics. We have become accustomed to it. Having said that, we were surprised to hear Mr. Baleno, the floor cleaner, comment on the three-star restaurant with a clear head. He comes from Nimes and specializes in cleaning stone floors. We saw from the beginning that this is a person who treats his stomach well. Every noon, he would change his work clothes and spend two hours in a nearby restaurant. P18

This description really surprised me. I only know that France is a romantic city, but I didn't expect ordinary French people to be so keen on food. It seems that food is the highest. I also admire this attitude towards life. I can't live up to my love and food. Of course, I should reward myself with the best food after hard work.

2. As food lovers, we often refer to all kinds of food reviews, and pay more and more attention to Gomez's Guide. Of course, the Michelin Food Guide is also of great reference value, and you must take it with you when you visit France. The fly in the ointment is that the Michelin Gourmet Guide only lists the food price, restaurant level and special cuisine, which seems to be bone-less. Gomez's Guide is much richer. It will provide all kinds of information about the chef-how old she is, what she graduated from, whether she has achieved success, and whether she is complacent or enterprising now-and even introduce the chef's wife and tell you whether she is warm with a smile or cold with frost. The guide will also mention the design style of the restaurant, the surrounding scenery and whether there is a balcony with a view garden. In addition, the service level, customer taste, food price and dining atmosphere are also included in the comments, especially the introduction of recipes and wine lists. P45-46

I have gained new knowledge by reading books. I only heard that Michelin Food Guide is an important reference for food evaluation, but I thought there was a Gomez Guide with more information. Ordinary people have gossip psychology, and we are very interested in the personality of the chef's wife. After all, family harmony is conducive to smooth work. As far as my personal food search trip is concerned, the "Amoy Shanghai" food program or the "Amoy Shanghai App" is very practical. After recommendation, I have been to the "Rome Seafood Cafeteria in May", which is not bad.

3. The 1987 edition of Gomez's Guide lists 5,511 restaurants and hotels with detailed information and gorgeous language. We actually found a local restaurant from it. The description is irresistible. It seems that we must try it. The restaurant is located in Lamberthz Village, only half an hour's drive away. The chef is a woman, known as "the most famous dim sum master in Provence", and her cooking skill is "full of sunshine", and her restaurant was converted from a mill. This evaluation is tempting enough, but what really arouses our strong interest is the age of the female chef. It is said that she is now 81 years old. P46

Give an example. The phrase "sunny heat" makes me curious. What kind of cooking skills can be called "sunny heat"? All I know is that the quilt exposed to the hot sun does smell like sunshine. As a title party, it will indeed be fascinated by a thrilling description. The restaurant converted from the mill is also unique.

(2) fine wine

1. Uncle Edward talked about what kind of wine is made from grapes in which field in the vineyard, and also told me why some wines from slope land have a light taste, while some wines from slope land have a strong taste. I was fascinated by it. Every time he tastes a wine, he will introduce what dishes are best to go with it, licking his lips from time to time and looking forward to the imaginary food paradise. In this way, we enjoyed crayfish, salmon in sour sauce, Brest chicken with rosemary flavor, roast mutton with cream and garlic sauce, stewed beef with red wine and olives, stewed beef and stewed pork loin with truffles. P219

Is there any drooling? It turns out that a certain wine matches a certain food, which is very particular. In a popular way, it means what kind of food to drink and what kind of food to order, just like beer with fried chicken and draft beer with kebabs. I'm not interested in drinking, only in food. Is it the icing on the cake to have a good meal with a little wine? You can try it.

(3) Interesting people

1. There are many characters in A Year in Provence, and their personalities are very distinct. Coming towards us are

Faustin+Henriette (neighbors)

Maniguchi (plumber)

Baleno (floor cleaner)

Anthony Marceau (Orion)

pierrot (stonemason)

Didier (builder/ Foreman)

Claude (building apprentice)

Raymond (plasterer)

Maasto (painter)

Teferi (tiler)

Gench (carpenter)

Bauch (grape growing expert)

Bernard (swimming pool cleaning expert)

Tilly. Moreover, you can speak clearly about your field. Under the sketch of the author's brush strokes, everyone's image is vivid and full of picture sense. Read it heartily, and I can't help but admire the skilled people in different industries. Love work+love life.

(4) Interesting things

1. Visiting the bakery-bread world

We found that the bread in Lumiye village is tight and firm, fatter and flatter than the ordinary long bread; The bread in Cabrell village is blackened and the size is like a squashed football. We know which kind of bread can be put on for a day without going stale, and which kind must be destroyed in the stomach within three hours; I also figured out what bread is best for salad and what bread is best for garnishing in fish soup. P219

You are so particular about choosing bread. This is the quality life, and you have been taught a lot. Comparing with my own experience in buying bread, I will buy whichever is delicious and which is good-looking, and I will never consider the collocation of bread. It is still very practical about "which kind of bread can be put on for one day and which must be eliminated in my stomach within three hours". Behind the quality life is the love and persistence of life. If you know more about a certain field and study more, you will gradually approach the quality life. You should be good at digging the stories behind the superficial things.

2. Buy the best quality olive oil-olive oil mill

Buy the best quality wine-wine world

4. Summarize

Provence in the eyes of the author Mel is full of interesting things, with interesting food and wine and so many charming lives. A farmhouse, a vineyard, a soul fleeing from the city, that's how Mel began to seek peace in Provence, and he found it. We followed his footsteps and enjoyed the beauty, enjoying such a wonderful time. The most impressive thing is that the daily trivial life can be exquisite, which has nothing to do with the economic foundation, but only with the attitude towards life. Choosing bread, olive oil and wine are all exquisite. Life is full of wisdom. This book is worth studying again and again. I first met at the age of 24 and met again in the years to come.

To A Year in Provence

The cover makes me like you, and the content determines the depth of my love for you.

? September 2, 2116 in the dormitory of Shanghai Normal University.