Loose Living

Contents Chapter One Our Hero finds a stone in his shoe Chapter Two Our Hero begins to learn his lessons Chapter Three The true story of the 1000 Great Restaurants of Europe Tour Chapter Four Our Hero becomes known as an 'outlaw of gastronomy' Chapter Five Our Hero discovers the changed eating habits of the French Chapter Six No one can can Cannes like I can can Cannes Chapter Seven Our Hero recovers after his monumental breakdown and sees life more clearly but not more surely Chapter Eight Our Hero further considers the irritating practice of visual artists who use words Chapter Nine Our Hero is again invited to judge at the Baume-les-Dames Salon du Champignon Chapter Ten A moral fable describing the downfall of a person who turned his back on Australia Chapter Eleven When Our Hero fells that nothing worse can happen Chapter Twelfe Conversations with the Duc wherein Our Hero recalls his first dance with a man and his first camembert Chapter Thirteen What is the conspiracy behind nature charts? Chapter Fourteen Difficulty in explaining how the Australian household works Chapter Fifteen Whipping the yum cha maids Chapter Sixteen Conversations with the Duc on refinement in life and Tobasco Sauce Chapter Seventeen On the Disorder in the Rules of Eating Chapter Eighteen On the Disorder of Restaurant Anxiety Chapter Nineteen On the Disorder of Servant Love Chapter Twenty On the Disorder of the Unceremonious Life Chapter Twenty-one On the Disorder of Resisting Sleep Chapter Twenty-two On Five Curious Disorders of Decadence Chapter Twenty-three On the Disorder of of Age as a Guide to Conduct Appendix Cuisine Cruelle Acknowledgements