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The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious---And Perplexing---City
David Lebovitz
3.68 AVERAGE
268 reviews for:
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious---And Perplexing---City
David Lebovitz
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Ugh, I just couldn't get behind this book at all. I read it before going to Paris for a sort of preparation and because his blog was recommended to me. The recipes he scattered in the book look delicious and maybe he should stick to that. The stories he told were so boring and pointless--who cares about going to the doctor or returning an ice cream scoop on Paris. These weren't funny, unique, or particularly clever anecdotes. And maybe a lot has changed in the 7 years since this book was published or Parisians have gotten kinder and less judgmental but my experience spending 2 weeks in Paris I felt much more welcome and warm than Lebovitz felt. I know as an ex pat living is different than visiting but still... I guess I just found this book so defensive and unnecessary. The recipes seemed thrown in and not remotely tied into the prose. I felt like in the 2 weeks I was in Paris I had more quirky and detailed stories to tell than Lebovitz did. This was just a huge letdown of a book.
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If you love food, France, or simply stories of fish out of water, then you'll enjoy this book. It proves itself to be exactly as advertised. There are fun stories and plenty of cultural confusion to go around. But, Lebovitz really is offering a taste of a sweet life.
If you love food, France, or simply stories of fish out of water, then you'll enjoy this book. It proves itself to be exactly as advertised. There are fun stories and plenty of cultural confusion to go around. But, Lebovitz really is offering a taste of a sweet life.
If Wade Rouse and Peter Mayle wrote a book about Paris this would be it.
Really fun and delightful. A quick and easy read.
Primeiro livro do David Lebovitz e com certeza lerei outros. Neste, ele explora as qualidades e idiossincrasias dos parisienses. Muitas dessas coisas, hoje eu posso dizer que são exatamente assim. Algumas, eu imagino que tenham mudado, pelo menos um pouco.
Além de histórias e insights sobre a vida parisiense, neste livro super bem-humorado tem várias receitas também, muito interessantes! Vale a pena ler !
Além de histórias e insights sobre a vida parisiense, neste livro super bem-humorado tem várias receitas também, muito interessantes! Vale a pena ler !
A nice, amusing set of thoughts balancing between food and the complications of being an American living in Paris. Very quick read, and I'm eager to try some of the recipes.
This reads more like a travel diary than a book. Yes, the man is an expert on French pastries and chocolate, which comes through in his stories. And yes, he was pretty adept at observing French culture. But I just never warmed up to the book, possibly because it lacks a story. I know that life doesn't always follow an arc, but even in Bard's "Lunch in Paris" we get a transformation and journey.
The recipes are phenomenal (has the least convoluted macaron recipe I've ever encountered) and the author gives some awesome eating tips for Paris.
The recipes are phenomenal (has the least convoluted macaron recipe I've ever encountered) and the author gives some awesome eating tips for Paris.
I don't know, I wanted to like this more than I did. I thought it was cute, but didn't really add much to the repertoire of books about Paris, besides the recipes. Bookmarked all those! But it was an easy read and kind of fun to fantasize about living in Paris.
You expect recipes from Lebovitz, and you get them here. What I didn't necessarily expect were all the hilarious sketches about Parisians and living in Paris, so breezily snarky it was like David Lebovitz was channeling David Sedaris. If I were ever privileged enough to get to live in Paris for a while, this is exactly the kind of advice I would want to hear so I would know what I was in for.