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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
November 2, 2010
Pages
461
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375711398
ISBN-10
0375711392
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
Original list price
$22.50
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the PEN/Faulkner Awardâwinning author James Salter and his wife, Kayâamateur chefs and terrific hostsâhere is a charming, beautifully illustrated food loverâs companion that, with an entry for each day of the year, takes us from a Twelfth Night cake in January to a champagne dinner on New Yearâs Eve. Life Is Meals is rich with culinary wisdom, history, recipes, literary pleasures, and the authorsâ own stories of their triumphsâand catastrophesâin the kitchen.
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The menu on the Titanic on the fatal night
Reflections on dining from Queen Victoria, JFK, Winnie the Pooh, Garrison Keillor, and many others
The seductiveness of a velvety Brie or the perfect martini
How to decide whom to invite to a dinner partyâand whom not to
John Irvingâs family recipe for meatballs; Balzacâs love of coffee
The greatest dinner ever given at the White House
Where in Paris Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter had French onion soup at 4:00 a.m.
Sophisticated as well as practical, opinionated, and indispensable, Life Is Meals is a tribute to the glory of food and drink, and the joy of sharing them with others. âThe meal is the emblem of civilization,â the Salters observe. âWhat would one know of life as it should be lived, or nights as they should be spent, apart from meals?â
For instance:
The menu on the Titanic on the fatal night
Reflections on dining from Queen Victoria, JFK, Winnie the Pooh, Garrison Keillor, and many others
The seductiveness of a velvety Brie or the perfect martini
How to decide whom to invite to a dinner partyâand whom not to
John Irvingâs family recipe for meatballs; Balzacâs love of coffee
The greatest dinner ever given at the White House
Where in Paris Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter had French onion soup at 4:00 a.m.
Sophisticated as well as practical, opinionated, and indispensable, Life Is Meals is a tribute to the glory of food and drink, and the joy of sharing them with others. âThe meal is the emblem of civilization,â the Salters observe. âWhat would one know of life as it should be lived, or nights as they should be spent, apart from meals?â
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