Paris: A Floating Feast

Author: Susan Rodriguez Hunt
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Hemingway said: If fate grants you the luck to spend your youth in Paris, then in the years to come, no matter where you go, Paris will always accompany you, because Paris is a floating banquet. In the 1920s, a group of American cultural figures self-exiled themselves in Paris, unleashing artistic inspiration amidst drinking parties. They were called the "Lost Generation," yet they left a vivid mark on 20th-century cultural history. Through their salon feasts, you can take flight of imagination and enjoy steak with Hemingway on Saint Louis Island; attend afternoon tea parties in Gertrude Stein's salon; savor lobster backstage at the Folies Bergère with Josephine Baker; and toast champagne with the dance star Isadora Duncan. If you are interested, you can also explore 20 recipes in various styles to experience the authentic social circle of 1920s Paris. Hemingway said: If fate grants you the luck to spend your youth in Paris, then in the years to come, no matter where you go, Paris will always accompany you, because Paris is a floating banquet.