In turn witty, delicious, outrageous, and meditative, these Letters to Minerva set a new standard in contemporary letter-writing. Jerome Lord's wildly inventive style and originality stem from a brilliant imagination. It carries us in all kinds of new directions, and we're laughing as we go.

French food is arguably the most famous in the world for its sophistication and grandeur, and its exciting and innovative tastes. Its fame has created an aura of such seriousness that the food (and wine) literally cry out for a humorous explanation. This book is intended for the initiated and uninitiated alike,

"So you're Getting Engaged " takes a very contemporary and humorous look at engagement and finds it wildly out of date. The author proposes an expansion of engagement from the present limitation of one woman and one man to a 'multiple' engagement of up to five persons, whether composed of a combination of the sexes, or of the same sex. Also proposed is a new idea: a warm-up period of 'pre-engagement, ' with its own customs, ceremony and rules. Lord discusses the two different kinds of engagement, identifies a new kind of engagement ceremony, evaluates present-day engagement traditions,...

This collection of letters is a diverse collection of stories, fantasies, and humorous happenings, all of them treated with a light touch. Many of them tend to change the reader's perspective, since the author is well known for reversing reality.