22 OCTOBER 1983, page 24

Haute Cuisine

Peter Quennell Savouring the Past Barbara Ketcham Wheaton (Chatto & Windus £15) Barbara Ketcham Wheaton (Chatto & Windus £15) J ean Baptiste Simeon Chardin was one of those......

Jumbo Jet

T n this plane I'm just a parcel, I No longer an individual soul; The minute of tension, the moment of take-off Is over, and all is yet in control. In this jumbo jet of latest......