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Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater
by Trillin, Calvin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394425006
- ISBN 13
- 9780394425009
- Seller
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Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Random House, Inc, 1978. very good hard cover, very good dust jacket . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
"Trillin is our funniest food writer. He writes with charm, freedom, and a rare respect for language."--New York magazineIn this delightful and delicious book, Calvin Trillin, guided by an insatiable appetite, embarks on a hilarious odyssey in search of "something decent to eat." Across time zones and cultures, and often with his wife, Alice, at his side, Trillin shares his triumphs in the art of culinary discovery, including Dungeness crabs in California, barbecued mutton in Kentucky, potato latkes in London, blaff d'oursins in Martinique, and a $33 picnic on a no-frills flight to Miami. His eating companions include Fats Goldberg, the New York pizza baron and reformed blimp; William Edgett Smith, the man with the Naughahyde palate; and his six-year-old daughter, Sarah, who refuses to enter a Chinese restaurant unless she is carrying a bagel ("just in case"). And though Alice "has a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day," on the road she proves to be a serious eater--despite "seemingly uncontrollable attacks of moderation." Alice, Let Eat amply demonstrates why The New Republic called Calvin Trillin "a classic American humorist.""One of the most brilliant humorists of our times . . . Trillin is guaranteed good reading."--Charleston Post and Courier"Read Trillin and laugh out loud."--TimeFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House - St. Louis
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230717-MB24
- Title
- Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater
- Author
- Trillin, Calvin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394425006
- ISBN 13
- 9780394425009
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Food, Cooking, Culinary, Essays, Humor, Travel, Autobiography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book House - St. Louis
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Maplewood, Missouri
About The Book House - St. Louis
Booksellers since 1986. We have over 350,000 books in our open shop located in the St. Louis, Missouri area about 45,000 listed online. A portion of all proceeds support Second Chapter Life Center for young adults with special needs.
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