Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
6731
AUTHOR:
Calvin Trillin
QUOTATION:
Given the clientele, the restaurants on Capri might resemble those fancy Northern Italian places on the East Side of Manhattan where the captain has taken bilingual sneering lessons from the maitre d’ at the French joint down the street and the waiter, whose father was born in Palermo, would deny under torture that tomato sauce has ever touched his lips.
ATTRIBUTION:
Third Helpings Houghton Mifflin 83
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Food & Drink: Observers & Critics
