This signed like-new hardcover edition has no marks, pages are tight but slightly warped. Dust cover is unmarked Owner's inscriptions are present on title page. Claire Joyes is a French author and historian renowned for her works on Claude Monet and his life at Giverny. She has written extensively about Monet, often highlighting his home and culinary interests. Monet’s Table: The Cooking Journals of Claude Monet is among her most celebrated books. Claude Monet, one of the most influential painters of modern times, spent the latter half of his life in the famed house at Giverny. He moved there in 1883 with his wife, Alice Hoschedé, and their combined family of eight children. As his artistic success grew, Monet was able to embrace his passion for comfort and fine living. Family meals, festive gatherings, luncheons with friends, and countryside picnics reflected the Monets’ deep appreciation for good food. Just as Monet found inspiration for his paintings in his vibrant gardens and the surrounding Normandy landscape, the meals at Giverny were prepared with exceptional ingredients from the kitchen garden, an artwork in its own right, as well as the farmyard and the broader French countryside.