Breakfast is the one meal at which it is perfectly good manners to read the paper.
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| Birth: | 22nd July, 1908 |
| Death: | 27th December, 1974 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Writer |
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Amy Vanderbilt was an American authority on etiquette. In 1952 she published the best selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette, has been updated and is still in circulation. The most recent edition was edited by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan. Its longtime popularity has led to it being considered a standard of etiquette writing. She is also the author or collector of cooking materials, including the 1961 book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cook Book illustrated by Andy Warhol. She was educated in Switzerland and at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn before attending New York University.
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