"Trillin is our funniest food writer. He writes with charm, freedom, and
a rare respect for language."
-New York magazine
In this delightful and delicious book, Calvin Trillin, guided by an
insatiable appetite, embarks on a hilarious odyssey in search of
"something decent to eat." Across time zones and cultures, and often
with his wife, Alice, at his side, Trillin shares his triumphs in the
art of culinary discovery, including Dungeness crabs in California,
barbecued mutton in Kentucky, potato latkes in London, blaff d'oursins
in Martinique, and a $33 picnic on a no-frills flight to Miami. His
eating companions include Fats Goldberg, the New York pizza baron and
reformed blimp; William Edgett Smith, the man with the Naughahyde
palate; and his six-year-old daughter, Sarah, who refuses to enter a
Chinese restaurant unless she is carrying a bagel ("just in case"). And
though Alice "has a weird predilection for limiting our family to three
meals a day," on the road she proves to be a serious eater-despite
"seemingly uncontrollable attacks of moderation." Alice, Let Eat amply
demonstrates why The New Republic called Calvin Trillin "a classic
American humorist."
"One of the most brilliant humorists of our times . . . Trillin is
guaranteed good reading."
-Charleston Post and Courier
"Read Trillin and laugh out loud."
-Time
