Paris · A Floating Feast

Author: Susan Roederick Hunter
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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 in Paris, unleashing artistic inspiration amidst feasts and revelry. They were known as 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're interested, you can also explore 20 diverse recipes to experience the authentic essence of 20s Parisian high society. 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.