# Between Meals

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/a-j-liebling/between-meals/9781802062816

JSON version (same data): https://www.bookquiver.com/a-j-liebling/between-meals/9781802062816.json

![Between Meals](https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin/a-j-liebling/between-meals_978-18-0206-281-6-aa103a31.jpg?v=2026-09-22%2004%3A21%3A08)

- Book: [Between Meals](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-j-liebling/between-meals) ([Between Meals.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-j-liebling/between-meals.md))
- Authors: [A. J. Liebling](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-j-liebling)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0206-281-6
- Published: 2023-09-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

While 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, Between Meals 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 a 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. Witty, grouchy and full of gusto, Between Meals 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. With an introduction by James Salter.