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Hoy caviar, manana sardinas (Spanish Edition)
by Carmen Posadas, Gervasio Posadas

Published: 2008-07-15
Hardcover : 272 pages
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Inspired by the personal notations of an Uruguayan ambassador's wife, this hilarious book depicts the adventures and misfortunes of the Posadas in their constant travels to the different posts assigned to the head of the family. For an embassy food is an important part of the image, and that image ...
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Inspired by the personal notations of an Uruguayan ambassador's wife, this hilarious book depicts the adventures and misfortunes of the Posadas in their constant travels to the different posts assigned to the head of the family. For an embassy food is an important part of the image, and that image is particularly important when a small country like Uruguay is dealing with a foreign diplomatic mission. Description in Spanish: Cocteles, almuerzos, cenas… Para una embajada, la comida es imagen, y la imagen es particularmente importante cuando se trata de la mision diplomatica en el extranjero de un pais pequeno, como Uruguay, donde hay que suplir la falta de medios con imaginacion, encanto personal, trabajo y enormes dosis de suerte. Y en el caso de estos paises, la presion del exito o el fracaso recae en una sola persona: la mujer del embajador. Inspirandose en sus anotaciones, y rebosante de humor, este libro retrata las aventuras y desventuras de la familia Posadas en su constante trasiego por las diferentes capitales donde el padre, por su cargo diplomatico, es destinado. De la mano de dos de sus hijos, testigos de excepcion de momentos interesantes, estrategicos o simplemente curiosos, y envuelto en un halo gastronomico, el libro recorre el Madrid de los sesenta, con su tardofranquismo y primeros aires de renovacion, el Moscu de los setenta, con Breznev y sus desfiles militares, y el Londres de los ochenta, con la flema e idiosincrasia de los britanicos y en plena euforia con lady Di.

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