Foie Gras and Trumpets by Charles Neilson Gattey 1984

Sydney Smith's idea of Heaven was 'eating foie gras to the sound of trumpets' and Charles Neilson Gattey takes from this the title of his book about the delightful conjunction of food and music. That convivial clergyman would have approved of a foie-gras-loving cousin of the Duke of Bedford, whose ashes, in deference to his wishes, lie in a foie-gras jar in the family chapel at Chenies awaiting the angels sounding their trumpets.

Celebrating two of the chief joys of civilized life, this book is a literary macédoine of anecdotes about the private tastes of great musicians and the glittering late-night world of cafés and restaurants on both sides of the Atlantic. From Samuel Pepy's grumbling, 'I expected music, the missing of which spoiled my dinner,' to the 20th-century gastronome André Simon commenting that "All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for or singing to", the book spans three centuries.

Title: Foie Gras and Trumpets
Author: Charles Neilson Gattey
Publisher: Constable London 
Publication Date: 1984 
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English 
Illustrated: Black and white 
Condition of the book: Please see the images 
Pages: 239 
ISBN 0 09 4658404 
Measures approximately: 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (21.5 x  14 cm.) 

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