The king of cuisines and the cuisine of kings: myths about French food and drink -- Trop belle pour toi: myths about French women -- Dangerous liaisons: myths about French sex, marriage and children -- Merde alors!: myths about French plumbing -- Bof! Je m'en fous!: myths about French manners -- Libert?, egalit?, fraternit?: myths about French history and society -- A land of cultural exceptions: myths about French culture -- City of light: myths about Paris -- La France profonde: myths about the French on holiday -- The best of enemies: myths about the entente cordiale

"Eatwell reveals the truth behind forty-five myths about the French, from the infamous horsemeat banquets of the nineteenth century that inspired an irrepressible rumor, to breaking down our long-held beliefs about French history and society (the French are a nation of cheese-eating surrender monkeys, right?)"--Dust jacket flap