A grandson of Calabrian immigrants
was perceived as a threat to France’s colonial ambitions – an anxiety that migrated into French medicine
revive the spirits or soothe at evening’s end
a swirly bread rolled with citrusy coriander
and the book’s Holy Grail—Peter’s version of the famed pain à l’ancienne
(Spain) Eliot Paul & Luis Quintanilla. Intoxication Made Easy Tagine A grandson of Calabrian immigrantsIllus. with humorous drawings by Quintanilla. NY: Modern Age Books, [1941]. A humorous and poignant romp through the world of (mostly Spanish) food and cooking from the imaginations of American writer Elliot Paul (18911958) and Spanish artist Luis Quintanilla (18931978). Chapters focus on Spanish rice, scallops, shrimp, mussels, saffron, peppers, salt, pork, and more. The first cartoon is of a dead Nazi, an obvious reference to WWII, then in its