James Salter
Life Is Meals
A Food Lover's Book of Days
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'A thumbs-up . . . The entries range from a single paragraph to two pages and riff on anything food-based, from a home recipe (John Irving's meatball recipe) to plant taxonomy (a banana is not a fruit but is the largest herb) to Marie Antoinette's last meal (only a little bouillon) . . . In essence an epicurean's miscellany, Life is Meals is made for random dipping, but I recommend reading it in one fell swoop' San Francisco Chronicle'Divine . . . it has now kept me up two nights reading until the wee hours and smacking my lips. It's a beauty, with charming illustrations . . . I appreciate the wit, the occasional recipes and the historical am…
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'A thumbs-up . . . The entries range from a single paragraph to two pages and riff on anything food-based, from a home recipe (John Irving's meatball recipe) to plant taxonomy (a banana is not a fruit but is the largest herb) to Marie Antoinette's last meal (only a little bouillon) . . . In essence an epicurean's miscellany, Life is Meals is made for random dipping, but I recommend reading it in one fell swoop' San Francisco Chronicle'Divine . . . it has now kept me up two nights reading until the wee hours and smacking my lips. It's a beauty, with charming illustrations . . . I appreciate the wit, the occasional recipes and the historical ambiance of this Salter effort toward fine living. What a great Christmas gift!' New York Post'James Salter is one of the great bon vivants of our time; his novels and stories are full of the details of fine living. This book of days pays homage to great writers, great meals, great conversations and essential ingredients . . . The book is a safe haven, a bastion of civilization, protection from all kinds of heavy weather' Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Salter, Kay
- ISBN: 978-1-4472-5492-8
- EAN: 9781447254928
- Produktnummer: 15963770
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Masse: H22.4 cm x B14.4 cm x D3.5 cm 830 g
- Gewicht: 830
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
James Salter is the author of numerous books, including the novels Solo Faces, Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, The Arm of Flesh (revised as Cassada), and The Hunters; the memoirs Gods of Tin and Burning the Days; the collections Dusk and Other Stories, which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award, and Last Night, which won the Rea Award for the Short Story and the PEN/Malamud Award. Kay Salter, a journalist and playwright, has written for the New York Times and Food & Wine, among other publications. The Salters live in Colorado and on Long Island. Fabrice Moireau is a graphic artist, illustrator, and set and product designer. He lives in Olivet, France, with his wife and children.
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