White Truffles in Winter: A Novel

by N. M. Kelby

Overview

"You’ll eat up every word of this spicy historical novel." —Real Simple

Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935) was the renowned French chef and restaurateur who gave birth to the way we eat today. The heart of Escoffier’s story, however, lies in his love for two very different women: the beautiful, reckless actress Sarah Bernhardt and his wife, the poet Delphine Daffis. This lushly imagined novel transports us into Escoffier’s private world, weaving a sensual tale of food and longing, war and romance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393083446
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	1,025,026
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

N. M. Kelby is the critically acclaimed author of White Truffles in Winter, In the Company of Angels, Whale Season, and the Florida Book Award-winning A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts, among other works. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

"Beautifully layered and lovingly detailed, White Truffles in Winter is a tale of extraordinary people entangled in a captivating love story. Filled with lush and decadent longing, this novel will dazzle the mind as well as the senses."

Diana Abu-Jaber

Kelby’s descriptions of food are sublime, and her evocations of Paris, from artists’ spare studios to restaurants’ lavish dining rooms, delightful.

St. Petersburg Times

[Kelby’s] descriptions of food are exquisitely detailed. She makes delicious drama out of acts as simple as Escoffier teaching his protégé how to make fried eggs. . . . Never less than entertaining, and just as often captivating.

Boston Globe

Foodies will no doubt enjoy the lush epicurean treatment as well as the historical elements of the novel. . . . Ultimately this is a classic romance.

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