This is a book I spontaneously bought because I was craving French food after moving back from Paris to the Uk earlier this year.
I wasn’t expecting much.
I didn’t particularly learn much about French food on this book. Hence “between meals” turned out to be an extremely suitable name.
What I did learn is how one can study food, the interactions and behaviour of people about a century ago in Paris, and the realisation that while it’s good that I like all food, I don’t have a particular “taste” currently.
The writing style is phenomenal, and Liebling has an incredibly witty way of comparing food and behaviours to unrelated items in a near perfect manner. Wasn’t expecting much, but took a lot from this book.
Went from knowing roughly nothing to nothing quite a broad amount about the ancient Greeks. The perfect starter book imo
Never read anything political but really enjoyed learning about so many perspectives I would have never known about, from Asia but also from a different time. It makes me realise how fast things are changing, given this was only 40 years ago.
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