FOOD by OGDEN NASH

FOOD

poetry by Ogden Nash

illustrated by Etienne Delessert

This book is a collection of Ogden Nash’s delightful poetry connected to food and dining.  It includes such oft-quoted classics as:

REFLECTIONS ON ICE-BREAKING

Candy

Is dandy

But liquor

Is quicker

and Nash’s trademark abbreviated limericks (four lines instead of five), which he calls limicks:

A cook named McMurray

Got a raise in a hurry

From his Hindu employer

By favouring curry.

as well as several longer poems which run several pages.  One humourous illustration per poem.  1989 Hardcover, first Canadian edition, with dust jacket, both book and dj  in good condition.

ISBN 1556700628

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