Between Meals
An Appetite for Paris
A.J. Liebling
ISBN: | 9780241637975 |
Publisher: | Penguin Australia |
Published: | 28 November, 2023 |
Format: | Paperback |
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Between Meals
An Appetite for Paris
A.J. Liebling
An account of a year spent eating and living in 1920s Paris - an acerbic, affectionate classic of great food writing 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 rose ('a pinkish cross between No-Cal and vinegar') to lobster a l'Americaine ('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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