The cloak and dagger cook
Subtitle: a CIA memoir
By: Kay Shaw Nelson.
Publisher: Pelican Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gretna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781589806641
Subjects: Nelson, Kay Shaw; Nelson, Kay Shaw -- Travel; United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography; Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography; Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography; Cookery, International
Genres: Biography
Description: "Upon graduating from college in 1948, Kay Shaw Nelson, a bright young woman with a yen for international travel, joined the newly founded Central Intelligence Agency. Within months, she received her security clearance, learned the difficulties associated with the life of a spy, fell in love, and set about traveling the world on assignment with her husband. At times under the cover of a cookbook writer, Nelson sailed from one exotic locale to another, each more incredible than the last. From Washington to Turkey and Cyprus, to Syria, Libya, France, Greece, and the Netherlands, among many other ports, the Nelsons traversed the globe as Kay discovered her passion for food, developed her journalistic abilities, and honed her exceptional palate."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to Washington; title: The CIA pool; title: The CIA clandestine services; title: Georgetown encounter; title: Tenderfoot traveler; title: Istanbul intrigues; title: Turkish delights; title: Near Eastern adventures; title: Down memory lane with OSS; title: Athens : tavernas & theater; title: Greece : friendships & culinary travels; title: Tripoli, Libya on the Fourth of July; title: Oriental intrigue in Korea; title: Shin Dang Dong, kimchee & sea slugs; title: Suburbia : Psst!  She's CIA; title: Germany & Gemutlichkeit; title: Continental culinary adventures; title: Food & travel writing; title: From Mongolian airak to Scottish scones; title: Old spies don't fade away.