TY - BOOK AU - Kelby,N.M. TI - White truffles in winter: a novel SN - 9780393079999 (hbk.) AV - PS3561.E382 W48 2012 U1 - 813/.54Kel 22 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Co. KW - Escoffier, A. KW - Cooks KW - Fiction KW - Cooking, French KW - Monte-Carlo (Monaco) KW - Domestic fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-334) N2 - A reimagining of the world of the remarkable French chef Auguste Escoffier. A man of contradictions, food-obsessed yet rarely hungry, Escoffier was also torn between two women: the famous, beautiful, and reckless actress Sarah Bernhardt and his wife, the independent and sublime poet Delphine Daffis, who refused ever to leave Monte Carlo. A novel of the sensuality of food and love amid a world on the verge of war ER -