Read while on vacation. Light. Good recipes. Insight into living in Paris as an American. ( )

A sweet Parisian memoir that will surely make so many of us dream of eloping with a French beau met at a corner café. She writes about life and work (and love), and lots about cooking. She gives great descriptions of Paris, of the people, of the customs, of the food. A very enjoyable book for travelers and kitchen dreamers. ( )

I was in the mood for a foodie book and this definitely fit the bill.

Elizabeth moves to Paris after falling in love with Gwendal.

Cooking becomes her way of making Paris her home.

I enjoyed the stories of finding new markets to shop, new ingredients to try and even new methods of cooking.

If you're looking for a fun, culinary story about Paris this is a good choice.
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a decent enough book. Fun in spots but with many dragging not quite flowing parts. A better editor might have helped. Buy in paperback or kindle, but not in hard cover. ( )

I've recently gotten into the concept of cooking (if you know me, you know that even thinking about it is a huge step), so I would like to think that I would have picked this up on my own because of this new interest. I didn't, but I like to think it. I read this for the WOW Book Club, and I did enjoy it, despite not really connecting with anything that was going on, even with this newfound interest in food. The recipes were neat, and I did take down a few, but felt a little too above my calibre as a beginner. I haven't read a whole lot of Paris memoirs, but it feels like this would be very similar to all the rest out there. Does anyone have a unique journey in Paris? ( )