I had already blogged about two historical persons featured
in this book: Thomas Jefferson and Lord Shaftesbury. If one talks about drinks,
it was also in this Jane Grigson book that I first learnt about Proust famous
episode with lime tea and madeleines. Well Claude Monet liked the light wines of
the Loire and there is a Monet family recipe for Haricots au Vin de Chanturges -
a light Gamay red from around Auvergne. The chapter on Emile Zola partly
revolves around Nana's orgiastic dinner party, which lists Meursault, Chambertin
and Leoville as the wines (I wonder which Leoville, Las Cases, I presume). There
was not much mention about wines in the other chapters, except for the entry
about Parson Woodforde softening the pain on Tithe Audit Day by plying the
people who came to pay their dues with plenty of drink - 6 bottles of rum, 4
bottles of port and a lot of strong beer was consumed by 22 people one
particular year.
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