Between Meals

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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 colors''), 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 lovesong to food, wine and Paris.

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