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A former CIA officer recalls her days of intrigue, espionage, and epicurean adventure. Upon graduating from college in 1948, Kay Shaw Nelson, a bright young woman yearning to travel, joined the Central Intelligence Agency. There, she met her future husband, discovered her passion for food, and began her life of excitement.Nelson accompanied her husband as they traveled the world on assignment. Dozens of unusual recipes with memorable histories pepper this irresistible memoir of fascinating events, exotic locales, and clandestine culinary pursuits.

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Kay Nelsons memoir teaches us that food is a key to unlocking and understanding cultures other than our own. I know exactly what Julia Child of the OSS would say after reading Kays book: Bon appetit! Charles Pinck, OSS Society president This delightful gastro-biographic guidebook starts off by sending abroad a wide-eyed CIA novice who returns an epicurean globe-trotting and seasoned intelligence officer, author, and down-to-earth sophisticate. Like a complex, silky-smooth digestif, it finishes so quickly with such a pleasant buzz, youll want to signal the waiter for a second round. Elizabeth Bancroft, executive director, Association of Former Intelligence Officers

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Kay Shaw Nelson is a nationally recognized writer/researcher of a variety of current and historical subjects. The author of twenty cookbooks, she is a newspaper columnist, culinary historian, member of the National Press Club, and contributor to Washington Woman and the Scottish Banner. She is also a frequent lecturer on the history of food and travel subjects. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

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