New Yorkers are, however, the most practical of sartorialists ready at a moment's notice to don Sorel boots, winter hats and fur coats when temperatures drop.

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The walls are decorated with paintings by Ed Sorel that are meant to recall the Jazz Age of the 1930s, many featuring the eponymous primates performing various activities.

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With his "Sylphides a la creme d'ecrevisses" or his "Nonnettes de poulet Agnes Sorel", Anatole alone is capable of soothing the chronic indigestion of Tom Travers - businessman husband of Bertie Wooster's favourite aunt Dahlia - and there is much intriguing by various malefactors who try to steal Anatole for their own kitchens.

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