Never Eat More Than You Can Lift and Other Food Quotes and Quips 1,500 Notable Quotables about Edibles and Potables |
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| Author:
| Herbst, Sharon Tyler |
| ISBN: | 978-0-553-06901-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 1997 |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books
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| Imprint: | Broadway |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Sharon Tyler Herbst, the foremost writer of user-friendly food reference books, offers an "appeteasing" collection of racy, wicked, funny, informative, and historical quotations about food and drink. Feast on: A delicious assortment of more than 1,500 quotes on food- and drink-related subjects including dinner parties, health food, holidays, diets, gourmets, gluttons, manners, and cocktails. More than 200 subjects arranged in a user-friendly A-to-Z format. Quotations from an...
More DescriptionSharon Tyler Herbst, the foremost writer of user-friendly food reference books, offers an "appeteasing" collection of racy, wicked, funny, informative, and historical quotations about food and drink. Feast on: A delicious assortment of more than 1,500 quotes on food- and drink-related subjects including dinner parties, health food, holidays, diets, gourmets, gluttons, manners, and cocktails. More than 200 subjects arranged in a user-friendly A-to-Z format. Quotations from an eclectic and intriguing array of over 700 personalities--including Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Bette Davis, Steve Martin, Miss Piggy, Julia Child, and more. A potpourri of fifty easy recipes, including Maple-Kissed Blueberries, Red-Eye Gravy, Peppered Caramel Bacon, Bodacious Brownie Thins, and Chocolate Cinnamon Toast. Informative, entertaining tidbits featuring anecdotes, etymologies, history, and cooking tips. Two indexes and extensive cross-referencing make it easy to find what you're looking for.