About this title: In BETWEEN MEALS, the famed New Yorker writer A.J. Liebling celebrates the tastes of a bygone era, as he initiates the reader into the fine art of eating in the great restaurants of Paris during the 1920s. As a young man in Paris, Liebling was interested not in the great writers and artists to be found there, but almost exclusively in the wonderful food he was discovering--which he describes minutely, tantalizingly, and with gusto.
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: North Point Press
Date Published: 2004-09-29
ISBN-13:9780865472365ISBN:086547236X
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Later Paperback Printing Used
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: North Point Press, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780865472365ISBN:086547236X
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall A VG+ paperback copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Light soiling and wear. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679601425ISBN:0679601422
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 5 x 7 1/2. 182 page hardcover collection of pieces about food from the authors trips to Paris. Modern library edition. Dust jacket is complete and bright, crisp and clean. Full gray cloth exterior with title in gold on spine. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. read more
"I prefer Liebling's character sketches over his gastro smut, but still thoroughly enjoyable. My favorite sections are those given to Liebling's kindly portraits of Yves Mirande and his childhood excursions in Paris."
"After a bit of a slow start, the inner and latter chapters of this book are charmers. Wish I had two things on hand as I read this book, however: a French–English dictionary and a street map of Paris! Liebling writes quite cleverly; lacking French (and a knowledge of French history of the 19th and early 20th centuries), I obviously missed many of his metaphors and innuendos. Pieces of this work appear in *Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink* (ed. by David Remnick) and *Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History* (ed. by Mark Kurlansky)--and perhaps elsewhere, as well. (When writers are anthologized, it's usually a sign they're talented. Liebling offers a case in point.)"
"Funny and delicious reading. Supports the view that Paris is the best eating city in the world. It's too bad that the exchange rate is no longer 25 francs to the dollar, and one cannot afford to eat at the grand restaurants that have survived to the present day."
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