A Taste of Hollywood: The Story of Ma Maison by Patrick Terrail

The reservation book twinkled with star quality. The menu sparkled with inventive cuisine. Rolls Royces and limousines dotted the outdoor parking lot while princes and powerbrokers dined inside. Orson Welles called the dining room his home; Wolfgang Puck commanded the kitchen.

No other restaurant in Los Angeles has ever captured the glory, glamour, and glitz of Hollywood better than Ma Maison. For more than ten years, Ma Maison catered to Hollywood's elite and coddled the film world's most celebrated stars. In A Taste of Hollywood, famed restaurateur Patrick Terrail tells the behind-the-scenes stories that made the Ma Maison mystique as legendary as the people who dined there.

Praised by food critics and celebrities alike, Ma Maison was the meeting ground for Hollywood's most powerful players and America's greatest chefs. It was the birthplace of California nouvelle cuisine and the exemplar of innovative dining everywhere. In A Taste of Hollywood, Patrick Terrail recreates the success and splendor of the restaurant as he takes the reader on an unparalleled journey to the heart of Hollywood, reliving all of the restaurant's storied history along the way, from the time Orson Welles chastised starstruck stargazers to the time Don Rickles served as an impromptu maitre d', from the famous Friday lunches where models put on sensuous fashion shows to the annual Ma Maison galas at the film festival in Cannes.

Complete with typical Hollywood antics, celebrity reminiscences, and a handful of recipes that put Ma Maison on the culinary map, A Taste of Hollywood is a rollicking ride through fifteen years of food, frolic, and fun—Hollywood style. In this wonderful book, Terrail has provided a true slice of Hollywood that is sure to entertain celebrity gossips and food connoisseurs everywhere.

Hardback, First Edition, Published by Lebhar-Friedman Books in 1999

Excellent Condition