Cigar Style - Memoirs Author:Nick Foulkes Eating and sleeping are the only activities that — should be allowed to interrupt a man s enjoyment — of his cigar. — To ignite a cigar to watch the glossy tobacco — transmute into silvery ash and blue smoke and — to savor its complex and lingering flavors is — to practice a ritual that has been performed — for centuries by kings and courtesans, prime
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ministers and presidents, authors and artists.
Over the course of centuries, the cigar has
become a symbol of leisure, rite of passage, and
celebratory gesture. All of these themes, as well
as significant moments in its history are explored
with great affection and energy in this tasteful
and entertaining volume on a beloved pastime.« less