BLUE TROUT AND BLACK TRUFFLES; The Peregrinations of an Epicure
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A gustatory autobiography, packed with delightful reminiscences of the world of fine food and good wine which reach back to the twilight days of the Habsburg monarchy. With great restaurants all over Europe, this book is devoted to the eating-places and vineyards of France. Almost every chapter in this heart-and-stomach-warming book takes the reader to a place that is, in well-tempered words of the Guide Michelin, "worth a special journey". Book store label of Jan Langone's Wine & Food Library on interior of back cover. Interior and boards clean and crisp. Dust wrapper price clipped, lightly creased and lighty rubbed. Covered in protective mylar. Gray illustrated boards, black cloth spine. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. Item #4798
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