In her first book; My Last Supper; Melanie Dunea transformed a pastime that has animated restaurants after hours for decades into a sumptuous photographic journey that provided a glimpse into the rarified world of top chefs. The book garnered national media and critical acclaim for the chic and beautiful package and the totally unique concept.In My Last Supper: The Next Course; Dunea expands her circle from the highest echelons of chefs to include the best-loved food personalities such as Emeril Lagasse; Rachael Ray; Joel Robuchon; Tom Colicchio; and Bobby Flay to ask them the question that drove the first volume: "What would you eat for your last meal on earth?"A perfect gift for anyone who loves food; beautifully produced with gorgeous photography; My Last Supper: The Next Course is so much more than a photography book--its a fascinating glimpse into the world of people who eat; breathe; and sleep food. As the number of people who consider themselves foodies has exploded; this book is sure to capture the audience who loved the first one and captivate those who are new to the scene.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy RhadamanthusFascinating on Wagners eroticism and anti-semitism.6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Wagner comes aliveBy Jonathan ArnowitzBravo Laurence Dreyfus! It is all to easy to pigeonhole the life of a man as controversial and complex as Richard Wagner. Weve heard all the stereotypes and all the ugly truths...or have we? Has musicology been again guilty of censorship through silence? Prof. Dreyfuss via straightforward scholarship reveals the sensual sexual side of Wagners music. while also revealing Wagners own form of kink sexuality. This is not done for pure gratifications sake. Its only purpose is to help us enjoy and understand Wagners amazing and complex music through understanding Wagners own amazing and complex life.This book assumes you have already heard about Wagners many appalling personality traits. including his pathological anti-semitism. This frees up Dreyfus to look at a single issue: sexuality and allow for once a picture of a human Wagner to emerge.Wagners bad traits shine through all right: like his nasty letter to Nietzsches doctor accusing him of homosexuality. So nothing is sugar coated or glossed over. But one also sees a human side. One that harkens back to his troubled childhood. Wagners own frailty. Finally we can look at Wagner with not just condemnation but also human understanding. Personally. I also discovered why I enjoy Wagners music so much. Why it had always spoken so deeply to me. The book is written in a way that it invites rediscovery of Wagners operas.I Thank Laurence Dreyfus for taking the time to unravel this mystery. I feel I can now go and enjoy Wagners operas without feeling guilty about it.20 of 24 people found the following review helpful. a great achievement!By Strum N. DrangBuy this book - no. actually buy multiple copies of it and distribute to friends as a late Christmas/Chanukah gift. This work is so full of incredible insight. I barely know where to begin to describe its pleasures. Rich in historical context. the author provides a look into how initial audiences grappled with hearing Wagners revolutionary art for the first time. For example. I just read a section on how Berlioz - himself no slouch in terms of musical innovation - heard the Prelude to Tristan. how he scoured the score. over and over. not fully able to come to grip with the amazing music before him. He couldnt decode such and experience in conventional musical analysis. and one gets the sense of his trying to fully digest a musical feast the likes of which he never encountered before. and did not even possess the palate to fully taste its richness; in short. he knew something profound had transpired with this piece. but was not quite sure exactly what it was. At any rate. Wagner and the Erotic Impulse is full of such treasures and the author surpasses all others who have written on Wagner. excepting possibly the early work of Bryan Magee. which was equally brilliant. Buy it. you will not be disappointed. Kudos to Lawrence Dreyfus for his great accomplishment here!
