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BETWEEN MEALS

Name: BETWEEN MEALS
Author: A.J. Liebling
ISBN: 086547236X

AN APPETITE FOR PARIS

by A.J. Liebling ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

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From "whacking lunches" to "glorious dinners" experienced by the author and not in de luxe or recommended restaurants — this is a pursuit of specialties in foods and wines, in cooking and menus, started in his student days at the Sorbonne and continued to the present. With playwright Yves Mirande, of the old school eating, as a mentor, he had a stout preparation for the years of exploration, discovery and testing to come and to follow the decline of French cooking before and after WW II. There are many peripheral areas into which his demanding palate led him —membership in a rowing club, boxing, diet, friendships and travel, which are part of this story, but the main course is composed of the various dishes, their cooks who were usually the hosts, and the development of perceptive voracity. An accompaniment of lipsmacking is in order for this recall of ailments which makes quite a bill of fare for anyone with a taste for "good food and good bottles".

Pub Date: N/A

ISBN: 086547236X

Page Count: 196

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: May 18, 2012

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1962

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
A NEUTRAL CORNER
edited by James Barbour & Fred Warner & by A.J. Liebling

- BOOK REVIEW
LIEBLING ABROAD
by A.J. Liebling

- BOOK REVIEW
THE EARL OF LOUISIANA
by A.J. Liebling

- PERSPECTIVES
Food Books: Two of Life’s Great Pleasures Combined

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING
by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; adapted by Natalie Andrewson ; illustrated by Natalie Andrewson

- BOOK REVIEW
THE NUTCRACKER
by E.T.A. Hoffmann & illustrated by Julie Paschkis

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.