Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany is a snapper-up of unconsidered culinary trifles. What other book will tell you the best way to cook a swan (and why you aren't allowed to); the arcane methodology of the Japanese Tea Ceremony; the menu for JFK's famous forty-fifth birthday party; and how Hemingway liked to mix his Martinis?<BR>Which other food guide will tell you how to read your tea leaves; the best way to blow smoke rings; the reason asparagus makes your urine smell; and what a giant waterbug tastes like?<BR>Where else will you stumble across the foods that make Homer Simpson drool 'Mmm...'; why Zeus slept on a bed of saffron; which celebrities owe their lives to the Heimlich Maneuver; and the fantastical contents of Captain Nemo's larder?<BR>Schott's Food & Miscellany is a juxtaposition of tidbits offering food for thought (as well as thoughts on food) - whether you're a glutton, gourmand, greedy-guts, or gastronome.