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Craig Claiborne's A Feast Made for Laughter
Craig Claiborne's A Feast Made for Laughter Author:Craig Claiborne For all who enjoy good food, the name Craig Claiborne has long been synonymous with four-star dining. As food editor of THE NEW YORK TIMES for the last 25 years, he has often made food front page news. Now he serves up a delectable memoir -- one part remembrances, one part cookbook -- that celebrates a lifetime spent in quest of epicurean pleasu... more »re.
Craig Claiborne's culinary adventures begin in his mother's kitchen in Laurel, Mississippi, where the glories of southern home cooking first tantalized his palate. They continue in Casablanca, where, as a Navy yeoman serving in World War II, Claiborne sampled exotic dishes that first piqued his interest in food and its preparation. They move to the Professional School of the Swiss Hotel Keepers Association, where he studied cooking under the highest standards of Swiss hostelry. To his favorite table a Le Pavillon, where he often dines. To the kitchen of his home in East Hampton, where with his colleague and friend Pierre Franey, Claiborne entertains and prepares the sumptuous meals that are the basis for his weekly food column.
Whether he's savoring his famous $4000 dinner in Paris or recalling a Fourth of July clambake, or the turbot that changed his life, Craig Claiborne does it all with gusto, proving himself a charming host and most entertaining raconteur.
Includes Claiborne's 100 favorite recipes selected from the thousands that have appeared in THE TIMES and his annotated list of recommended cookbooks for both amateur and professional chefs.
"This is the only autobiography I have ever read that made me hungry." --Roy Reed, THE NEW YORK TIMES« less