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La Bonne Table (Paperback)
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La Bonne Table (Paperback)
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A glorious, illustrated, celebration of a lifetime love affair with
dining, by the author-illustrator of the classic Madeline series.
Here is the best of Ludwig Bemelmans on the subject he loved most:
the good table. The entrancing memories and charming pictures
collected here transport the reader behind the scenes of the great
hotels of Europe and America—including the immortal Hotel
Splendide—and such restaurants as the Tour d’Argent in Paris
and Le Pavillon in New York. Memorable dishes, the eccentric
geniuses of the kitchens who created them, the opulent and often
astonishing patrons who ordered them, the legendary wines and the
occasions they toasted, are all evoked in rich and piquant flavor.
The gifted and exuberant Ludwig Bemelmans was trained as a boy for
a career as a restauranteur, and La Bonne Table is in effect his
gastonomical autobiography. The high—and sometimes riotous
low—points of his life with food, from Austrian cafes to the
late, lamented Ritz of New York, are narrated with delight and zest
as he celebrates beer and sausages, pressed duck and caviar, and
the chefs who cooked for him. He remembers with decidedly mixed
emotions the ways of the busboy and the waiter, and the qualities
that make up the perfect maitre d’. He muses over great menus and
great eaters—and soon makes the reader very hungry. Here, truly,
is a feast of reading on the art of dining well.
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Imprint: |
David R. Godine Publisher
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2015 |
First published: |
2002 |
Authors: |
Ludwig Bemelmans
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Editors: |
Donald Friede
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
446 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87923-808-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
General
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LSN: |
0-87923-808-9 |
Barcode: |
9780879238087 |
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