GLUTTONY:
More is More
Welcome to this celebration of eating with gusto. The party began when cave dwellers toppled a very big wooly mammoth and then picked third helpings of berries.
Nan Lyons missed that first feast but she serves up delicious tidbits about the world’s most lavish banquets and dedicated diners–all accompanied by some of the best dining art the world has to offer.
The author finds soul mates for anyone who has ever polished off a midnight pint of ice cream. If you crave innocent treats, you're in the good company of Robert Redford who lives for Oreos. If you delight in the unexpected, you’ll enjoy meeting the original Roman feast-maestro, Marcus Apicius.
And if you like to cook, you can whip up a luscious facsimile of Apicius’ asparagus omelet. This recipe is one of over two dozen adapted for Gluttony by a separate dream-cuisine team. The “Carte Blanche” recipes include Baked Foie Gras à La Varenne, Escoffier’s Lobster Newburg and gilded chocolate cognac truffles.
Yes, you can eat gold, and Nan Lyons writes entertainingly of those who have.
Gluttony: More is More gives you a seat at several fine and hilarious tables. Come–and invite a guest.
Novelist Nan Lyons is co-author of Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? and Champagne Blues. Ms. Lyons, who lives in New York, writes luxury travel guides and contributes to Bon Appetit and other magazines.
Cover and book design by Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli
