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A second helping of tales on the joys and challenges of working,
eating, and loving in France from the New York Times bestselling
author of Pancakes in Paris. Craig Carlson set out to do the
impossible: open the first American diner in Paris. Despite never
having owned his own business before-let alone a restaurant, the
riskiest business of all-Craig chose to open his diner in a foreign
country, with a foreign language that also happens to be the
culinary capital of the world. While facing enormous obstacles,
whether its finding cooks who can navigate the impossibly petite
kitchen (and create delicious roast Turkey for their Thanksgiving
Special to boot), finding "exotic" ingredients like bacon,
breakfast sausage, and bagels, and dealing with constant strikes,
demonstrations, and Kafkaesque French bureaucracy, Craig and his
diner, Breakfast in America, went on to be a great
success-especially with the French. By turns hilarious and
provocative, Craig takes us hunting for snails with his French
mother-in-law and invites us to share the table when he treats his
elegant nonagrian neighbor to her first-ever cheeseburger. We
encounter a customer at his diner who, as a self-proclaimed
anarchist, tries to stiff his bill, saying it's his right to "dine
and dash." We navigate Draconian labor laws where bad employees
can't be fired (even for theft) and battle antiquated French
bureaucracy dating back to Napoleon. When Craig finds love, he and
his debonair French cheri find themselves battling the most
unlikely of foes-the notorious Pigeon Man-for their sanity, never
mind peace and romance, in their little corner of Paris. For all
those who love stories of adventure, delicious food, and
over-coming the odds, Let Them Eat Pancakes will satisfy your
appetite and leave you wanting even more.
Now a New York Times Bestseller Paris was practically perfect...
Craig Carlson was the last person anyone would expect to open an
American diner in Paris. He came from humble beginnings in a
working-class town in Connecticut, had never worked in a
restaurant, and didn't know anything about starting a brand-new
business. But from his first visit to Paris, Craig knew he had
found the city of his dreams, although one thing was still
missing-the good ol' American breakfast he loved so much. Pancakes
in Paris is the story of Craig tackling the impossible-from raising
the money to fund his dream to tracking down international
suppliers for "exotic" American ingredients... and even finding
love along the way. His diner, Breakfast In America, is now a
renowned tourist destination, and the story of how it came to be is
just as delicious and satisfying as the classic breakfast that tops
its menu.
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