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  • Published: 7 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781802062816
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

Between Meals

An Appetite for Paris





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 rosé ('a pinkish cross between No-Cal and vinegar') to lobster a l'Américaine ('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.

  • Published: 7 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781802062816
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

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