"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "MY PARIS KITCHEN
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Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris
ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a
nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he
moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly
belongings into three suitcases, he arrived, hopes high, at his new
apartment in the lively Bastille neighborhood.
But he soon discovered it's a different world "en France."
From learning the ironclad rules of social conduct to the mysteries
of men's footwear, from shopkeepers who work so hard not to sell
you anything to the etiquette of working the right way around the
cheese plate, here is David's story of how he came to fall in love
with--and even understand--this glorious, yet sometimes maddening,
city.
When did he realize he had morphed into "un vrai parisien"? It
might have been when he found himself considering a purchase of
men's dress socks with cartoon characters on them. Or perhaps the
time he went to a bank with 135 euros in hand to make a 134-euro
payment, was told the bank had no change that day, and thought it
was completely normal. Or when he found himself dressing up to take
out the garbage because he had come to accept that in Paris
appearances and image mean everything.
The more than fifty original recipes, for dishes both savory and
sweet, such as Pork Loin with Brown Sugar-Bourbon Glaze, Braised
Turkey in Beaujolais Nouveau with Prunes, Bacon and Bleu Cheese
Cake, Chocolate-Coconut Marshmallows, Chocolate Spice Bread,
Lemon-Glazed Madeleines, and Mocha-Creme Fraiche Cake, will have
readers running to the kitchen once they stop laughing.
"The Sweet Life in Paris" is a deliciously funny, offbeat, and
irreverent look at the city of lights, cheese, chocolate, and other
confections.
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