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La Bonne Table

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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.

Author Biography:

Ludwig Bemelmans is best known as the author and illustrator of the beloved Madeline children’s series. He was born in Meran, a city in Austria-Hungary, and moved to the United States, where he worked in hotels and restaurants to fund his dream of becoming an artist. He got his chance in the 1930s, when he befriended May Massee, the children’s book editor at Viking Press. In addition to his children’s books, he wrote and illustrated several books for adults, many of which are, like Madeline, homages to his beloved Paris.
Release date NZ
October 22nd, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Edited by Donald Friede
Pages
446
ISBN-13
9780879238087
Product ID
37873832

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