Food and Drink, the Penguin Book of

By Paul Levy and Various

Book Overview

Celebrating a century of gastronomic writing, this collection shows that there is a rich tradition of literature about food and drink, and includes works such as S.J.Perelman's Farewell, My Lovely Appetizer and work by Elizabeth David.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140232591
• ISBN13: 9780140232592
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

No Bleeding Chunks

This is a first attempt to establish a canon of a hitherto unrecognized body of work, the literature of food and drink. It contains most of the authors you would nominate as classics, and has long selections from their work - no snippets, odd paragraphs, or bleeding chunks torn from the body of the work. Everything in the volume is satisfyingly complete. It also has a few surprises - the classics of the future.