Beggars Belief

Stories from Gerald's Bar

Beggars Belief
Max Allen, Gerald Diffey
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Hardback
Not defined - 200pg
1 Dec 2021 AU
International import eta 7-19 days
9781925556728
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Cyrano de Bergerac said- "I have tried to live my whole life with panache. " If I said that, I' d sound like a twat. But you get the drift. I' m off to bone some quails. ' Gerald Diffey has spent four decades immersed in the world of food, wine and hospitality, from early days waiting tables in old English hotels to establishing two of the best places in the world to drink and eat- the award-winning Gerald' s Bar in North Carlton- Heston Blumenthal described it as ' a proper, proper old-fashioned sort of bar' - and Gerald' s Bar in San Sebastian. Beggars Belief is a collection of funny, poignant, insightful and just plain ludicrous stories from Gerald' s life in kitchens and behind bars- his formative years in the UK, memories of food and family; tales and tips from forty years of service; journeys and meals, people and places, from lunch on the side of a volcano in Sicily to dinner on a beach in East Timor; stories and recipes and drinks suggestions from North Carlton and San Sebastian; vignettes, slices of life, observations. ' Romance,' writes Gerald in the introduction. ' That' s what I sell. Sensual pleasures. Sights, sounds, smells, touch, taste.
Max Allen has been writing about wine - and drinking at Gerald' s bars and restaurants - for almost 30 years. Max is the wine and drinks columnist for the Australian Financial Review, Australian correspondent for JancisRobinson. com, and two-time winner of the prestigious Andre Simon Memorial Award- in 1998 with his first book, Red and White, Wine Made Simple, and again in 2020 for his latest book, Intoxicating, Ten drinks that shaped Australia. In 2011 The Future Makers- Australian Wines for the 21st Century was named Best International Wine Book at the Louis Roederer Wine Writers Awards; in 2013 Max was awarded a State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship; in 2016, he was inducted as a Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival; in 2018, he was named Wine Communicator of the Year. Max is currently an honorary fellow in history and teaches wine studies at the University of Melbourne.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781925556728
Published: 1 Dec 2021
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Melbourne Books
Publisher: Melbourne Books
Format: Hardback
Pages: 200

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