The ultimate gift book for the epicure who has everything. It features such facts as the names and sizes of champagne bottles, step-by-step instructions on how to slice a banana without peeling it (or even cutting the peel), the menu served the night the Titanic sank, ten edible figures of speech, intriguing quotes on eating and drinking from Kenneth Grahame, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens.Clever, engaging, and easy to browse for fun. For people seeking a resource on esoteric information, it is indexed for easy access to specific topics.

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 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.

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Hailed as the Bible to Bible Belt cooking in New York City, this sassy Southern read is a surefire hit with Dixielanders and world-weary city slickers alike. New York's 50 Best Places to Eat Southern whisks readers away on a culinary quest for authentic barbecue, soul, Cajun, and Creole -- from the plantation to the trailer park -- without ever leaving the concrete jungle.

A world list of books in the English language.

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.