Beggars Belief: Stories from Gerald's Bar - Couverture rigide

Diffey, Gerald; Allen, Max

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1925556727 ISBN 13 : 9781925556728

Editeur : Melbourne Books, 2021

Synopsis

Gerald Diffey has spent four decades immersed in the world of food, wine and hospitality, from early days waiting tables in old English hotels to establishing two of the best places in the world to drink and eat: the award-winning Gerald's Bar in North Carlton--Heston Blumenthal described it as 'a proper, proper oldfashioned sort of bar' -- and Gerald's Bar in San Sebastian. Beggars Belief is a collection of funny, poignant, insightful and just plain ludicrous stories from Gerald's life in kitchens and behind bars: his formative years in the UK, memories of food and family; tales and tips from forty years of service; journeys and meals, people and places, from lunch on the side of a volcano in Sicily to dinner on a beach in East Timor; stories and recipes and drinks suggestions from North Carlton and San Sebastian; vignettes, slices of life, observations. 'Romance,' writes Gerald in the introduction. 'That's what I sell. Sensual pleasures. Sights, sounds, smells, touch, taste. Cyrano de Bergerac said: I have tried to live my whole life with panache. If I said that, I'd sound like a twat. But you get the drift. I'm off to bone some quails.'

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Written with Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show (AAVWS)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melbourne Books
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925556727
• ISBN 13: 9781925556728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible