cover image Van Gogh's Table at the Auberge Ravoux

Van Gogh's Table at the Auberge Ravoux

Alexander Leaf, Fred Leeman. Artisan, $35 (224pp) ISBN 978-1-57965-182-4

Alexandra Leaf''s Van Gogh's Table exhibits more European charm in describing the Auberge Ravoux, where the great one-eared painter spent his final years. Fifty recipes for bistro classics such as Rosemary Roast Chicken with Pan-Fried Potatoes, and Garlic and Warm Tarte Tatin with Cr me Fra che, accompany generously illustrated essays that name the fellow patrons depicted in van Gogh's art and his struggle with suicidal impulses.