Front of Book

"My friends often ask how it is humanly possible to consume so much rich food in so little time. I answer, with a martyr’s sigh: “I don’t know how we do it, but we do.” It’s certainly true that even after lunch at Le Bernardin, where you can eat tremendously well without emerging feeling like an engorged duck primed to donate your liver to the cause of foie gras, the prospect of another rich meal a mere five hours in the distance seems more a threat than a golden reward."

“When the Family’s Foodies Visit New York” (Charles Isherwood, New York Times)