Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater

By Calvin Trillin

Book Overview

"Trillin is our funniest food writer. He writes with charm, freedom, and a rare respect for language." - New York magazine In this delightful and delicious book, Calvin Trillin, guided by an insatiable appetite, embarks on a hilarious odyssey in search of "something decent to eat." Across time zones and cultures, and often with his wife, Alice, at his side, Trillin shares his triumphs in the art of culinary discovery, including Dungeness crabs in California, barbecued mutton in Kentucky, potato latkes in London, blaff d'oursins in Martinique, and a $33 picnic on a no-frills flight to Miami. His eating companions include Fats Goldberg, the New York pizza baron and reformed blimp; William Edgett Smith, the man with the Naughahyde palate; and his six-year-old daughter, Sarah, who refuses to enter a Chinese restaurant unless she is carrying a bagel ("just in case"). And though Alice "has a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day," on the road she proves to be a serious eater-despite "seemingly uncontrollable attacks of moderation." Alice, Let Eat amply demonstrates why The New Republic called Calvin Trillin "a classic American humorist." "One of the most brilliant humorists of our times . . . Trillin is guaranteed good reading." - Charleston Post and Courier "Read Trillin and laugh out loud." - Time

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812978064
• ISBN13: 9780812978063
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Trillin is my favorite author - Alice is my favorite subject...

In this book, his quirkyness really comes to the fore. I cannot get enough of him!

Calvin Trillin's "Alice, Let's Eat"

This is another wonderful book from the witty and perceptive Mr. Trillin. I heartily recommend it.

eat, drink and love Alice

Calvin Trillin is my favorite food writer because he is so darned funny. He wrote this book in 1976. At the time, his beloved wife Alice had just been operated on for lung cancer. There is no trace of grim sorrow in this wonderful book, just zest for good food and love for Alice. This book was just re-issued in conjunction with Trillin's remembrance of Alice called "About Alice." She died in 2001. Read "Alice, Let's Eat" first. Get to know her. Then read "About Alice." Trillin is a great writer. The first book will make you laugh. "About Alice" will bring you a sad smile. What a remarkable woman. Such a loss. Yet, a life well lived. My favorite line in "Alice, Let's Eat" is when Trillin is in Owensboro, Kentucky looking for the best barbecued mutton. The waitress tells him that "we have people in here from all over...we had a Puerto Rican in here once." Read both books. You'll be glad that you did.