From James Beard Book Award finalist Rebekah Peppler: The definitive guide to the food, drink, and lifestyle of the south, featuring recipes that reflect the Provencal table from a modern perspective.

The charms of le sud are many. The food culture is vibrant and season-focused; the tables are welcoming and convivial. In Le Sud, Rebekah Peppler distills these flavors, techniques, and spirit of the South of France into a never-before-seen collection of recipes, photographs, and stories.

The region-and its many culinary viewpoints-spans from the snowcapped Southern Alps in the north to the French Mediterranean in the south, the Rhone River to the west, and Italy along its eastern border. And like many regions where landscapes and people happily crash into each other, the food is dynamic and exciting. Here are recipes-from drinks to savory to sweet-that capture the modern tables and life lived around them in the south of France today.