Life Is Meals - by James Salter & Kay Salter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author James Salter and his wife, Kay, comes a charming, beautifully illustrated food lover's companion that, with an entry for each day of the year, takes readers from a Twelfth Night cake in January to a champagne dinner on New Year's Eve.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author James Salter and his wife, Kay--amateur chefs and terrific hosts--here is a charming, beautifully illustrated food lover's 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 Year's Eve. <i>Life Is Meals</i> is rich with culinary wisdom, history, recipes, literary pleasures, and the authors' own stories of their triumphs--and catastrophes--in the kitchen. <br>For instance: <br>The menu on the <i>Titanic</i> on the fatal night <br>Reflections on dining from Queen Victoria, JFK, Winnie the Pooh, Garrison Keillor, and many others <br>The seductiveness of a velvety Brie or the perfect martini <br>How to decide whom to invite to a dinner party--and whom not to <br>John Irving's family recipe for meatballs; Balzac's love of coffee<br>The greatest dinner ever given at the White House <br>Where in Paris Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter had French onion soup at 4:00 a.m. <p/>Sophisticated as well as practical, opinionated, and indispensable, <i>Life Is Meals</i> is a tribute to the glory of food and drink, and the joy of sharing them with others. "The meal is the emblem of civilization," the Salters observe. "What would one know of life as it should be lived, or nights as they should be spent, apart from meals?"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Wholly compelling . . . The fruit of a lifetime of informed and opinionated eating." --Alice Waters, Chez Panisse <p/>"Thumbs-up . . . I recommend reading it in one fell swoop." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle<br></i><br>"Pays homage to great writers, great meals, great conversations and essential ingredients . . . A bastion of civilization, protection from all kinds of heavy weather." --<i>Los Angeles Times<br></i><br>"A remarkable marriage of food book and life-well-lived memoir . . . This most unusual book is to be savored again and again." --<i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>James Salter is the author of nine previous books, including the novel <i>A Sport and a Pastime; </i>the collection <i>Dusk and Other Stories, </i>which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award; and <i>Burning the Days: Recollection. </i>Kay Salter, a journalist and playwright, has written for <i>The New York Times </i>and <i>Food & Wine, </i>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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