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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
Funny, bitchy, affirming of what I've heard about Paris and Parisians from everyone I've met around the world. They always warned me in Germany and the Netherlands especially: "If you visit Paris at all, don't stay more than 3 days max" I'd ask why and they say that's as long as it takes to see what you want and you won't be able to stand the locals any longer.
The writing won't change your life, but it's a fun, quick read. The audiobook reader is bad booty, very bland, and boring with piss poor french.
The writing won't change your life, but it's a fun, quick read. The audiobook reader is bad booty, very bland, and boring with piss poor french.
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Not for me at all. An American complaining about Paris nothing special
This was a salve for the quarantined soul. I loved seeing Paris through David Lebovitz’s eyes, and can’t wait to get in the kitchen to try all the recipes.
I thought I would like this more than I did. I mean I gave it 3 stars, so I did like it, but I didn't REALLY like it. I love Paris, travel and food memoirs, but I felt like something was lacking for me. Maybe more tell and not enough show? It made me glad I don't live in Paris, even though I know he loves living there.
While this isn't a perfect book - his insider secrets voice kinda got on my nerves a few times, but I'll chock that up to jealousy - it was perfectly enjoyable for a plane ride home. I plan on keeping this book a bit longer from the library to try out a couple of the recipes. While I have no plans on going to Paris in the next while, I certainly can try out a few of the recipes to tide me over.
I read this in Paris! Not sure it necessarily helped endear me to the city, but it was certainly both entertaining and informative. And who doesn't love some good information whilst vacationing?
Mouthwatering descriptions of both Paris and french food. A delicious read. Great tips for places to check out when planning a trip.
I'm never quite sure what to do with the book-with-interspersed-recipes genre. Am I actually supposed to read the recipes along with the rest of the book? And when I finish the book, does it go on my bookshelves or in the kitchen with my cookbooks?
Having tried a couple of recipes in this book, I think I'm going to classify it as a regular book and put it with all my other non-cookery books. Lebovitz is a smart, funny writer, who has a lot of great insights about life in Paris but manages to put a very [a:David Sedaris|2849|David Sedaris|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1213737698p2/2849.jpg]-like humorous twist to everything he says. He's a professional chef, so much but not nearly all he has to talk about relates to food, and every chapter ends with recipes. Some of them sound delicious, but neither of the ones I tried impressed me that much (though I LOVE Lebovitz's ice cream cookbook, [b:The Perfect Scoop|261821|The Perfect Scoop Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments|David Lebovitz|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173230324s/261821.jpg|253779]), so I would definitely recommend reading this for the narrative and not so much for its kitchen potential.
Having tried a couple of recipes in this book, I think I'm going to classify it as a regular book and put it with all my other non-cookery books. Lebovitz is a smart, funny writer, who has a lot of great insights about life in Paris but manages to put a very [a:David Sedaris|2849|David Sedaris|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1213737698p2/2849.jpg]-like humorous twist to everything he says. He's a professional chef, so much but not nearly all he has to talk about relates to food, and every chapter ends with recipes. Some of them sound delicious, but neither of the ones I tried impressed me that much (though I LOVE Lebovitz's ice cream cookbook, [b:The Perfect Scoop|261821|The Perfect Scoop Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments|David Lebovitz|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173230324s/261821.jpg|253779]), so I would definitely recommend reading this for the narrative and not so much for its kitchen potential.
I received this book from Spike and Vanessa for my birthday and quite enjoyed. I liked the quirkiness of the author and particularly loved the setting of Paris (it brought back a lot of memories of living there). I have never read a cookbook before and this was a good way to get me to do it...