Beggars Belief [electronic resource] : Stories From Gerald's Bar
Gerald Diffey2022
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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, tou...
Main title:
Beggars Belief [electronic resource] : Stories From Gerald's Bar / Gerald Diffey
Author:
Gerald Diffey, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Melbourne Books, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (168.0 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781877096204
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
438613
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