figurines & knick knacks
mordecai richler
part memoir part city guide this gossipy history follows a well known food critic through restaurants births growths and occasional failures . updated to include todays rising culinary stars the narrative traces how the restaurant business became show business and how the tycoons artists dilettantes journeymen cooks gastronomical junkies and ambitious entrepreneurs transformed toronto into a food lovers haven . fortunes are made and lost reputations built and squandered and this story tells it all from the head tables perspective .