While on a year of study in Paris in 1927, Liebling acquired the friendship and tutelage of Yves Mirande, 'one of the last great gastronomes of France', beginning a joyous apprenticeship in the fine art of eating. Told with gluttonous joie de vivre, Between Meals expounds on the delights and pitfalls of a life dedicated to food, from bad rosé ('a pinkish cross between No-Cal and vinegar') to lobster a l'Américaine ('I have never personally inquired into the mysteries of its fabrication, I am content to love a masterpiece of painting without asking how the artist mixed his colours'), to a memorable stay at a Swiss slimming clinic with a masseur named Sprudli. Witty, grouchy and full of gusto, Between Meals has the exquisite sensuality of a Michelin-starred meal and the delicious, catty wit of the perfect dinner guest. It is a love song to food, wine and Paris.With an introduction by James Salter.
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ISBN | 9780241637975 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Food & society, Reportage & collected journalism, Memoirs, France, COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / French, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Cultural studies: food and society, Paris (City), Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | Random House UK |
Jahr | 20230907 |
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