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.
- ISBN10 0091887879
- ISBN13 9780091887872
- Publish Date 10 October 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Imprint Ebury Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 320
- Language English