A re-issue of LB's famous and very funny memoir about working in a New York Hotel. He came to the US in 1914, aged sixteen, and worked at the 'Hotel Splendide' as he called it for the next t... read more
M.F.K. Fisher is, in our opinion, the greatest and most entertaining writer about food there has ever been - but we are far from alone in this. A wonderful reprint.
Ortolans ahoy! A new edition of AJL's memoir of year spent feasting in Paris in the 1920s. His grande bouffe was determined and purposeful; the quantities of dishes eaten at a sitting bring ... read more