Reading Bernier’s memoir of delectable outré morsels from the lives of icons, I found myself imagining that her book was the memoir’s equivalent of a tasting menu at the Fat Duck. In the end, however, above and beyond all those stars in whose limelight she so frequently found herself basking, I was most impressed by Rosamond Bernier herself. Her inspiring gift of a combined self-confidence, ambition, and determination to enjoy her life to the fullest is something I wish she could, perfume-like, bottle and give away. She might call it “Eloise.”