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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
In this true tale, Felicity Cloake eats and bikes her way around the entire country of France, her own Tour de France! On her journey, Felicity choses 21 of her favorite French foods and sets out to find them.
Felicity departs her home in London on a ferry to Cherbourg with her bike, Eddy. Altogether she travels a total distance of 2,334.3km on bike and eats 35 croissants. She explores places like Saint-Malo, Bayonne, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, and finally ends in Paris. She eats, describes, and gives her favorite recipes for cassoulet, onion soup, croque monsieur, ratatouille and croissants, of course!
Felicity departs her home in London on a ferry to Cherbourg with her bike, Eddy. Altogether she travels a total distance of 2,334.3km on bike and eats 35 croissants. She explores places like Saint-Malo, Bayonne, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, and finally ends in Paris. She eats, describes, and gives her favorite recipes for cassoulet, onion soup, croque monsieur, ratatouille and croissants, of course!
This book manages to be an entertainment at best. I love Felicity Cloake's food columns and her Perfect books are go-to resources for me.
This book is neither a satisfactory culinary tour or travel book. It trots out some stereotypes and skims over most everything else. I'm not sure what the point of the book is to be honest.
This book is neither a satisfactory culinary tour or travel book. It trots out some stereotypes and skims over most everything else. I'm not sure what the point of the book is to be honest.
On the great culinary dispute of Western Europe (and if there isn’t one, there should definitely be!) I stand firmly on the Italian side, paying small attention to France whole ostentatiously eating the most beautiful and simple dish of fresh pasta.
However, I have to confess that if anything has recently made me interested in exploring a bit more of the French cuisine, it was this book. The best, funniest and buttery-est travel book I’ve read so far, it has Felicity Cloake going on a true odyssey of French cuisine while cycling around the whole country - and still managing to keep track of all croissants sampled on the way (complete with her own ranking system).
Highly recommended, without any doubt.
However, I have to confess that if anything has recently made me interested in exploring a bit more of the French cuisine, it was this book. The best, funniest and buttery-est travel book I’ve read so far, it has Felicity Cloake going on a true odyssey of French cuisine while cycling around the whole country - and still managing to keep track of all croissants sampled on the way (complete with her own ranking system).
Highly recommended, without any doubt.
Even though Felicity writes in a lively manner, I found the book very repetitive and found myself wanting to skip to the recipes in each section. I think because she moves around so much you never really get a sense of the locals or the places that could really have made this book stand out. I was really disappointed as I really enjoy this genre but was nowhere near as charming as a "Year in Provence". It did want to make me eat though. These types of books really would benefit from photos and maps.
A not-particularly-surprising but enjoyable 'read' (in fact I listened to the audiobook which was read - at such speed that she was, at times, gabbling - by the author herself).
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Much more about food than cycling
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
This book was lovely. Was it beautifully written? No. Was it memorable? Also no. But it makes for a good company. It also introduced me to a few dishes I wasn't familiar with, which is always great.