Bibliograph

Blue Trout and Black Truffles, the Peregrinations of an Epicure

Type

Label

Blue Trout and Black Truffles, the Peregrinations of an Epicure

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blue Trout and Black Truffles

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

the Peregrinations of an Epicure

Summary

There were, and still are, great restaurants all over Europe, but the greater part of Blue Trout and Black Truffles is devoted to the eatingplaces and vineyards of France. It is a vicarious experience to read about the culinary wonders of the notable establishments of another era that have become the last epicurean haven in this materialistic, mechanized world of fastfood chains and frozenfood dinners. Mr. Wechsberg reaches back to the twilight days of the Habsburg monarchy, when those splendid monuments to the haute cuisine in central Europe, Meissl and Schadn of Vienna and Gundel's of Budapest, were in their prime

Target audience

adult

Classification