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In this seductive account of a long, luxurious dinner at the venerable Paris restaurant Taillevent, Andrew Todhunter is both the American abroad sharing a rare gastronomic adventure with his wife and the apprentice-cum-reporter who has spent several months working in the restaurants celebrated kitchen, learning what goes on behind the scenes. As Todhunter describes it, Taillevents highly orchestrated kitchen is less an atelier than a gun deck on a ship of war, a place of shouts and fire. On the other side of the kitchens double doors, in the warm light of the nineteenth-century dining room, the American couple surrenders to the sensual pleasure of a beautifully wrought and meticulously served dinnerfrom the amuse-bouche (a warm cheese puff to amuse the mouth) and the crme de cresson soup, with its sunken treasure of lobster tomalley, to the crowning glory of the fantaisie. In the spirit of A.J. Lieblings Between Meals, Todhunter layers mouthwatering descriptions of French dishes and their preparation with reflections on his American childhood (when food, like sex and money, was not to be discussed at the table), dips into culinary history and philosophy, and entertains with asides

Who reads Le Repas : a Meal Observed?

Author

Todhunter, Andrew

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375410857

Category

cooking

Subjects

Fiction, Home & Lifestyle, Cooking

Rating

3.65 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14