In Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, sets off once more, traveling the world in search of the very best life has to offer. Whether telling us where to buy the world's best caviar or how to order a pair of thirteen-hundred-dollar custom-made shoes, advising us on the high cost of keeping a mistress in style or the pros and cons of household servants, he covers everything the well-heeled - and those vicariously so inclined - need to know to enjoy the good life.
From gastronomy to matrimony, from the sartorial to the baronial, Acquired Tastes is Peter Mayle's most delicious book yet - an irreverently spiced smorgasbord of rich dishes you're sure to enjoy.
Publishers WeeklyOn assignment for GQ (where these tonic pieces first appeared), Mayle sallied forth to sample the little luxuries of the richest, the best that life is reputed to offer. With unabashed gusto he praises good cigars, grand hotels, Parisian bistros, second homes, antiques and fresh truffles. With swank savvy he reviews the advantages and drawbacks of servants, the pleasures and costs of mistresses. His excursions comprise an informal buyer's guide to single-malt whiskies, pure Mongolian cashmere, deluxe shirts and hand-made London shoes. For ballast, Mayle ( A Year in Provence ) presents curmudgeonly diatribes on lawyers, tipping, New Year's resolutions, writers' gripes, Christmas (``the universal expensive habit'') and Manhattan's giddy spending opportunities. This delightful celebration of the little (and not-so-little) extravagances that make life worth living scintillates with wit, brio and trenchant observations on the best and the second-rate. (May)
Categories:
- Cookbooks, Food & Wine
- Cooking Education & Reference
- Culinary Biographies
- Cooking Education & Reference
Publisher : Bantam
Author : Mayle, Peter
Language : English
Edition : Bantam Trade Ppbk Ed, May 1993; 1st Pr.
Published :1993-04-01
Number Of Pages : 256
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0553371835
ISBN-13 : 9780553371833
Item weight : 0.25 lb
Dimensions : 0.6 in x 5.2 in x 8.2 in
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