false 40701 5 <div>From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany, the new collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge from the worlds of food and drink. <br><br>The eponymous foods, famous last meals, and perfect martini proportions revealed in the bestselling Schott's Original Miscellany were only the tip of the iceberg: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany is a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles from the culinary world. From food history to cooking terms, cocktail recipes to dining etiquette, grace before meals to after-dinner toasts-this olla podrida offers everything for the wine drinker, gastronome, and glutton. Ben Schott's brilliant juxtaposition of delectable tidbits makes this new miscellany so hard to put down, it may even make you late for dinner. <br></div> 151226 2003 Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany total:126|5:44|4:48|3:30|2:4|1:0| 126 510 192 17 5 0 false false Mon Sep 28 18:02:12 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:56:16 -0700 2009
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