Acquired Tastes

In Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence, sets off once more, traveling the world in search of the very best life has to offer. Whether telling us where to buy the world s best caviar or how to order a pair of thirteen-hundred-dollar custom-made shoes, advising us on the high cost of keeping a mistress in style or the pros and cons of households servants, he covers everything the well-heeled and those vicariously so inclined need to know to enjoy the good life.

From gastronomy to matrimony, from the sartorial to the baronial, Acquired Tastes is Peter Mayle s most delicious book yet an irreverently spiced smorgasbord of rich dishes you re sure to enjoy.

Praise for Acquired Tastes

Mr. Mayle is a writer who never fails to entertain. If he were told to go forth and write about doorknobs, he would return with a witty, perceptive essay. The New York Times Book Review

One of the finest modern writers on matters that deal with taste. Craig Claiborne

Much, much fun and best read with a magnum of Dom P rignon and a four-pound tin of Beluga caviar. Kirkus Reviews

Witty and stylish . . . These hilarious essays are vintage Mayle. James Villas, author of The French Country Kitchen

This delightful celebration of the little (and not-so-little) extravagances that make life worth living scintillates with wit, brio and trenchant observations Publishers Weekly

Intriguing. Chicago Sun-Times