Muriel Zagha

Feeding frenzy: memories of a gourmand in Paris

In 1927, A.J. Liebling sailed from America to study medieval literature at the Sorbonne. Instead, he taught himself how to eat French food

Restaurant in the Latin Quarter, the area widely patronised by A.J. Liebling in his quest to get to the heart of French cooking. [Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images]

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