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Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex?: Memoirs of a Happy Eater
Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex Memoirs of a Happy Eater Author:Alan King, Mimi Sheraton "As life's pleasures go," Alan King said when asked, "food is second only to sex." Then pausing to think it over, he added, "Except possibly salami and eggs, especially if you put ketchup on the eggs and eat the whole thing with a toasted bialy. — "When I get up in the morning," King says, "I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I ... more »can't get through the day. I need that to look forward to. It's a high point. And it's not only the food -- it's the place, the people and the conversations that make it for me..."
Food, places, people and conversations are what interested King most and what this book is all about. King not only reminisces, but shares a few of his favorite recipes and strategies for entertaining at home. He also discusses his favorite restaurants, how he picks them, and what he orders when he gets there.
He talks about food and eating, the stories that unfold are about people with whom he has eaten and for whom he has cooked, among them David Niven, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Hacket, Danny Thomas, Orson Welles, Judy Garland....
In the forty years since he has left his Brooklyn home to join the Major Bowes road company, King has been on one long search for the perfect meal. He has met with mixed results in places as diverse as the Catskills and the Riviera, Acapulco and Paris, La Vegas and London.« less