{"product_id":"between-meals","title":"Between Meals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn account of a year spent eating and living in 1920s Paris - an acerbic, affectionate classic of great food writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile on a year of study in Paris in 1927, Liebling acquired the friendship and tutelage of Yves Mirande, 'one of the last great gastronomes of France', beginning a joyous apprenticeship in the fine art of eating. Told with gluttonous joie de vivre, \u003cem\u003eBetween Meals\u003c\/em\u003e expounds on the delights and pitfalls of a life dedicated to food, from bad rosé ('a pinkish cross between No-Cal and vinegar') to lobster à l'Américaine ('I have never personally inquired into the mysteries of its fabrication; I am content to love a masterpiece of painting without asking how the artist mixed his colours'), to a memorable stay at a Swiss slimming clinic with a masseur named Sprudli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWitty, grouchy, and full of gusto, \u003cem\u003eBetween Meals\u003c\/em\u003e has the exquisite sensuality of a Michelin-starred meal and the delicious, catty wit of the perfect dinner guest. It is a love song to food, wine, and Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by James Salter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45691583037676,"sku":"9780241637975","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241637975.jpg?v=1725546517","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/between-meals","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}