Boulestin was a failed actor, great raconteur, cookbook writer, and superb Soho restaurateur who catered to the louche side of tout London society in the 1930s. He is making posthumous waves once again in England. His restaurant, Boulestin’s, was a stunning place with yellow walls and curtains in a deeper shade of the same tone, made from silk with a design of Dufy’s called “Paris.” I mention the color because it was much copied at the t
