High Bonnet: A Novel of Epicurean Adventures

by Idwal Jones

Book Overview

High Bonnet is a novel written by Idwal Jones that tells the story of a young man named Tom Larkin, who is forced to leave his home in the mountains of California and move to the city in search of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375757562
• ISBN13: 9780375757563
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Bourdain was right about this book.......

....it's porn for cooks! The vivid and colourful descriptions are absolutely mind-blowing. My only advice to someone thinking about reading this is that unless you really know your stuff, you might want to have a copy of Larousse handy, as there are quite a few references to things that the average reader may not understand or know about.

calling all epicures

I started to devour this book, then, afraid to get to the end too soon, I began to pace myself---in order to savor the feast thoroughly. Idwal Jones's prose is totally intoxicating--his descriptions of tastes, textures, perfumes are so vivid you can almost taste the rich sauces, smell the aroma of roasting meat, get drunk on the wines. This is not a novel of events, so much as sensations. Yet all the characters are alive and convincing. Anyone who truly connects with food and its pleasures will be ravished. Makes Proust's madeleine seem poor fare.