Pour the wine and pass the food - there are tales to tell about family, friends, and foreign travels, and you'll want to hear all of them. From a pick pocket incident at the Vatican to a chic dinner party in Paris, these recollections (with recipes) will have you laughing out loud. So will dinner with The Crocodile Man in deepest, darkest Africa, an autumn chestnut festival in Languedoc, a "meet the in law's" Thanksgiving in New Jersey and so many more. If these stories don't convince you that telling tales at the table is the best way to dine, then nothing else will.