Luba Vukonsky

There were ads, this cafe on one of the Parisian boulevards advertised Bulgarian curdled milk. The yogurt craze kind of, you know, grew and grew. I saw pictures of Danone, which I think in the States is called Danone.

They sold cups of yogurt and it said, recommended by Professor Metchnikoff and the medical profession. It was totally got out of hand, completely. There was all this hype and all this hoopla about it that he had no control over.

They sold cups of yogurt and it said, recommended by Professor Metchnikoff and the medical profession. It was totally got out of hand, completely. There was all this hype and all this hoopla about it that he had no control over.

They sold cups of yogurt and it said, recommended by Professor Metchnikoff and the medical profession. It was totally got out of hand, completely. There was all this hype and all this hoopla about it that he had no control over.

He tried sort of to present the facts and to separate it from the hype, but it was just way too late. The good thing about yogurt was that it was harmless, you know, because so many cures for aging were, you know, terrible and dangerous and lethal. And yogurt was cheap and it was safe. and easily available, so it was irresistible.

He tried sort of to present the facts and to separate it from the hype, but it was just way too late. The good thing about yogurt was that it was harmless, you know, because so many cures for aging were, you know, terrible and dangerous and lethal. And yogurt was cheap and it was safe. and easily available, so it was irresistible.

He tried sort of to present the facts and to separate it from the hype, but it was just way too late. The good thing about yogurt was that it was harmless, you know, because so many cures for aging were, you know, terrible and dangerous and lethal. And yogurt was cheap and it was safe. and easily available, so it was irresistible.

So he was looking to sort of to solve the riddle of aging on all levels. He was looking for partners in this quest.

So he was looking to sort of to solve the riddle of aging on all levels. He was looking for partners in this quest.

So he was looking to sort of to solve the riddle of aging on all levels. He was looking for partners in this quest.

He admired so much Tolstoy's writing about the fear of death, which are really masterful.

He admired so much Tolstoy's writing about the fear of death, which are really masterful.

He admired so much Tolstoy's writing about the fear of death, which are really masterful.

So he thought that Tolstoy must know some secret that I don't.

So he thought that Tolstoy must know some secret that I don't.

So he thought that Tolstoy must know some secret that I don't.

The reporter called it a meeting of two monarchs of universal literature and science.

The reporter called it a meeting of two monarchs of universal literature and science.

The reporter called it a meeting of two monarchs of universal literature and science.

So the only thing on which they agreed was yogurt, because Tolstoy turned out to love yogurt. But other than that, it was pretty much a disaster, the meeting. Mitrikov very candidly, very honestly wrote about this himself afterwards.