La Bonne Table | Ludwig Bemelmans
Entrancing memories and charming pictures of the scenes of great hotels and restaurants of Europe and America. Includes memorable dishes, the eccentric geniuses of the kitchen who created them, the opulent and often astonishing patrons who ordered them, the legendary wines and the occasions they toasted, the way of the busboy and the waiter, the qualities of the perfect maitre d', and much more.