A Moveable Feast
Traveling celebratory meal
A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway's memoir of his years as a young writer in 1920s Paris, published posthumously in 1961.
The title comes from Hemingway's remark that Paris is "a moveable feast"—an experience so rich it stays with you wherever you go.
The phrase now describes any portable source of lasting pleasure or nourishment.
In liturgical usage, a moveable feast is a religious holiday whose date shifts annually, like Easter.
- ParisFrance's chief city
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- caféCasual eatery serving drinks
- sidewalk caféRestaurant seating on street
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
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