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Yet another one from the "French-Memoir-Cookbook" genre of which I obviously cannot get enough! (Seriously, I could practically write one myself except that I've never lived in France, so....)
This is a fun, quirky romp through Paris and its famous (and not so famous) restaurants, cafés, and boulangeries via pastry chef and cookbook author David Lebovitz's sassy and discerning POV. Through personal stories taken from his almost decade of living in the French capital, Lebovitz highlights not only the good, but also the bad and the ugly of Paris and Parisians themselves.
While he's certainly not afraid to critique Parisians, one cannot deny that he clearly loves the famous city he now calls home and that he has become somewhat of an adoptive "Parisian" himself. I laughed out loud multiple times while reading about some of his more embarrassing experiences and "faux-pas," and also found myself nodding my head in agreement during his descriptions of living the expat life, having done so myself.
Amongst the stories, Lebovitz sprinkles in plenty of tips on where to find the best in Paris, from baguettes, to cheese, to chocolate, as well as those of which to avoid. At the end of each chapter are two or three recipes, usually falling in line with that chapter's theme, and always sounding absolutely divine, if a little complicated.
Obviously I enjoyed this book quite a lot, and although some of the recipes do seem cumbersome and time-consuming, there are a few - his famous chocolate brownies he used for bribing those most stubborn of Parisians, for example - that I will definitely have to try myself. Recommended for foodies and francophiles alike.
This is a fun, quirky romp through Paris and its famous (and not so famous) restaurants, cafés, and boulangeries via pastry chef and cookbook author David Lebovitz's sassy and discerning POV. Through personal stories taken from his almost decade of living in the French capital, Lebovitz highlights not only the good, but also the bad and the ugly of Paris and Parisians themselves.
While he's certainly not afraid to critique Parisians, one cannot deny that he clearly loves the famous city he now calls home and that he has become somewhat of an adoptive "Parisian" himself. I laughed out loud multiple times while reading about some of his more embarrassing experiences and "faux-pas," and also found myself nodding my head in agreement during his descriptions of living the expat life, having done so myself.
Amongst the stories, Lebovitz sprinkles in plenty of tips on where to find the best in Paris, from baguettes, to cheese, to chocolate, as well as those of which to avoid. At the end of each chapter are two or three recipes, usually falling in line with that chapter's theme, and always sounding absolutely divine, if a little complicated.
Obviously I enjoyed this book quite a lot, and although some of the recipes do seem cumbersome and time-consuming, there are a few - his famous chocolate brownies he used for bribing those most stubborn of Parisians, for example - that I will definitely have to try myself. Recommended for foodies and francophiles alike.