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”This is living history, vibrant and unself-conscious, and it offers an amazing opportunity to watch an entire civilization transform itself and move into what will become the present” p. xii
I appreciate what Reichl is saying in her introduction to these magazine articles. Reading across the years may give you a way of seeing what is going on in a place in the present. Unfortunately, these essays did not do that for me. I was entertained by some of these articles, but many of them left me unmoved and uninterested.
Maybe I don’t have enough familiarity with historical Paris. I am sure that some readers just love reading through this history of Paris. However, other books have transported me to a Paris I can imagine. These essays take me to a place that no longer exists and I can’t quit make myself comfortable there.
Maybe if I had been reading Gourmet magazine since it started in the 40’s, I would have been interested in revisiting what had been said. I had a much better time reading Reichl’s novel, Delicious and her memoirs.
I appreciate what Reichl is saying in her introduction to these magazine articles. Reading across the years may give you a way of seeing what is going on in a place in the present. Unfortunately, these essays did not do that for me. I was entertained by some of these articles, but many of them left me unmoved and uninterested.
Maybe I don’t have enough familiarity with historical Paris. I am sure that some readers just love reading through this history of Paris. However, other books have transported me to a Paris I can imagine. These essays take me to a place that no longer exists and I can’t quit make myself comfortable there.
Maybe if I had been reading Gourmet magazine since it started in the 40’s, I would have been interested in revisiting what had been said. I had a much better time reading Reichl’s novel, Delicious and her memoirs.