Hotel Bemelmans

Ludwig Bemelmans, Anthony Bourdain

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Yoruba

Ebury Press
02 December 2002

Humorous and generous tales of kitchen life behind the scenes at the Ritz in 1920s and 1930s New York

If there is such a thing as a comfort food book, Bemelmans' stories are it. His evocative tales of grand hotel life have a reporter's eye for sensory detail, yet he always manages to bathe his world and it's lovable characters in the mood of a fairytale. Meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe the African cook, Mr Sigsag, Monsieur Victor, Mespoulet and an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. A feast of food writing. And once you've read one Bemelmans' tale you fall in love and want to read the lot.

By: Ludwig Bemelmans
Introduction by: Anthony Bourdain
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 226g
ISBN: 9780091887872
ISBN 10: 0091887879
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 December 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Language: Yoruba
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Hotel Bemelmans

The adventures of the original bad boy of the New York restaurant/ hotel underbelly continue. Whether writing about the backstairs misadventures of cooks and waiters or travel to faraway lands, Bemelmans is always funny, insightful and dead on target. No one has ever surpassed the master. -- Anthony Bourdain A complete original * Saturday Review * An artist in both line and words ... with talents of gold * Observer * Very entertaining ... an excellent story-teller * Sunday Times * One reads Bemelmans not as one reads a serious novelist but for the sheer momentary pleasure given by his evocation of atmosphere and mood * Punch *