Rec League

A.J. Liebling

Just Enough Money

Just Enough Money

A 1959 New Yorker essay about food, wealth, and dining by A.J. Liebling.

1 person recommends this

Recommended by

  • Shannon Connellan
    Shannon ConnellanFirst to rec

    “A.J. Liebling’s 1959 New Yorker essay ‘Just Enough Money’ is food journalism to envy. “A man who is rich in his adolescence is almost doomed to be a dilettante at the table. This is not because all millionaires are stupid but because they are not impelled to experiment. In learning to eat, as in psychoanalysis, the customer, in order to profit, must be sensible of the cost.” I mean 🔥”

Related

Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris

Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris

6
Twenty Grand

Twenty Grand

Gourmet Magazine

Gourmet Magazine

13
Le Veau d'Or

Le Veau d'Or

8
The Grub Street Diet

The Grub Street Diet

121
Kitchen Arts & Letters

Kitchen Arts & Letters

121
James Beard: America's First Foodie

James Beard: America's First Foodie

13
The New Yorker

The New Yorker

213
Bistro Ha

Bistro Ha

72
S&P Lunch

S&P Lunch

212
Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

15
Gourmet

Gourmet

ExploreJournalQ&ASitemapAboutDevelopersTermsPrivacySupportReport content

© 2026 Lyric Technologies, Inc.