Blue Trout and Black Truffles

The Peregrinations of an Epicure

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  • There
  • were,
  • and
  • still
  • are,
  • great
  • restaurants
  • all
  • over
  • Europe,
  • but
  • the
  • greater
  • part
  • of
  • Blue
  • Trout
  • and
  • Black
  • Truffles
  • is
  • devoted
  • to
  • the
  • eatingplaces
  • and
  • vineyards
  • of
  • France.
  • It
  • is
  • a
  • vicarious
  • experience
  • to
  • read
  • about
  • the
  • culinary
  • wonders
  • of
  • the
  • notable
  • establishments
  • of
  • another
  • era
  • that
  • have
  • become
  • the
  • last
  • epicurean
  • haven
  • in
  • this
  • materialistic,
  • mechanized
  • world
  • of
  • fastfood
  • chains
  • and
  • frozenfood
  • dinners.
  • Mr.
  • Wechsberg
  • reaches
  • back
  • to
  • the
  • twilight
  • days
  • of
  • the
  • Habsburg
  • monarchy,
  • when
  • those
  • splendid
  • monuments
  • to
  • the
  • haute
  • cuisine
  • in
  • central
  • Europe,
  • Meissl
  • and
  • Schadn
  • of
  • Vienna
  • and
  • Gundel's
  • of
  • Budapest,
  • were
  • in
  • their prime.
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