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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Read while on vacation. Light. Good recipes. Insight into living in Paris as an American. ( ) A sweet Parisian memoir that will surely make so many of us dream of eloping with a French beau met at a corner café. She writes about life and work (and love), and lots about cooking. She gives great descriptions of Paris, of the people, of the customs, of the food. A very enjoyable book for travelers and kitchen dreamers. I was in the mood for a foodie book and this definitely fit the bill. Elizabeth moves to Paris after falling in love with Gwendal. Cooking becomes her way of making Paris her home. I enjoyed the stories of finding new markets to shop, new ingredients to try and even new methods of cooking. If you're looking for a fun, culinary story about Paris this is a good choice. I've recently gotten into the concept of cooking (if you know me, you know that even thinking about it is a huge step), so I would like to think that I would have picked this up on my own because of this new interest. I didn't, but I like to think it. I read this for the WOW Book Club, and I did enjoy it, despite not really connecting with anything that was going on, even with this newfound interest in food. The recipes were neat, and I did take down a few, but felt a little too above my calibre as a beginner. I haven't read a whole lot of Paris memoirs, but it feels like this would be very similar to all the rest out there. Does anyone have a unique journey in Paris?
"Lunch in Paris" winds its way through eight years of eating and Bard's progression from a kitchen novice intimidated by the French language and Paris' hectic markets to an adventurous shopper and experimental cook comfortable mixing French, American and other techniques. It's nearly impossible not to fall in love with her along the way. She's halfway home with her luscious description of that first steak.
Biography & Autobiography.
Cooking & Food.
Travel.
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HTML:In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pavé au poivre, the steak'spink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? LUNCH IN PARIS is a memoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionate love affairs--one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's most romantic city, Elizabeth is plunged into a world of bustling open-air markets, hipster bistros, and size 2 femmes fatales. She learns to gut her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen), soothe pangs of homesickness (with the rise of a chocolate soufflé) and develops a crush on her local butcher (who bears a striking resemblance to Matt Dillon). Elizabeth finds that the deeper she immerses herself in the world of French cuisine, the more Paris itself begins to translate. French culture, she discovers, is not unlike a well-ripened cheese-there may be a crusty exterior, until you cut through to the melting, piquant heart. Peppered with mouth-watering recipes for summer ratatouille, swordfish tartare and molten chocolate cakes, Lunch in Paris is a story of falling in love, redefining success and discovering what it truly means to be at home. In the delicious tradition of memoirs like A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, this book is the perfect treat for anyone who has dreamed that lunch in Paris could change their l No library descriptions found. |
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