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Title:Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
Author:Elizabeth Bard
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 310 pages
Published:February 1st 2010 by Little, Brown and Company
Categories:Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Food and Drink. Food. Travel. Cultural. France
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In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pave au poivre, the steak's pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce?

Lunch In Paris is a memoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionate love affairs--one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's most romantic city, Elizabeth is plunged into a world of bustling open-air markets, hipster bistros, and size 2 femmes fatales. She learns to gut her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen), soothe pangs of homesickness (with the rise of a chocolate souffle) and develops a crush on her local butcher (who bears a striking resemblance to Matt Dillon). Elizabeth finds that the deeper she immerses herself in the world of French cuisine, the more Paris itself begins to translate. French culture, she discovers, is not unlike a well-ripened cheese-there may be a crusty exterior, until you cut through to the melting, piquant heart. Peppered with mouth-watering recipes for summer ratatouille, swordfish tartare and molten chocolate cakes, Lunch in Paris is a story of falling in love, redefining success and discovering what it truly means to be at home. In the delicious tradition of memoirs like A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, this book is the perfect treat for anyone who has dreamed that lunch in Paris could change their life.

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Original Title: Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
ISBN: 031604279X (ISBN13: 9780316042796)
Edition Language: English
Setting: Paris(France)
Literary Awards: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir and Autobiography (2010)


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Ratings: 3.67 From 14903 Users | 1566 Reviews

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Okay. This one is a little tricky for me to write. If you know me, you know that this is a sensitive subject. I have a Masters degree in French and did the hard work and the carte de séjour appointments and the years... YEARS of waiting and longing in between visits to France not knowing if I'd ever go back-- in short, anything other than just "find a French guy".So, this is a story where the American girl meets the French guy and BEGRUDGINGLY moves to Paris. I'm crying for her, really.



Oh my god, LOVE! This book chronicles the ultimate love story and pairs it with food, but not just any food, PARISIAN food! Elizabeth Bard couldnt have written this book better, because as her story of love and happiness unravels, the recipes become increasingly delicious. Truthfully, the tea she describes in the first chapter is AMAZING and any tips that she has advised on in the book, I have used with success. The evolution of her journey from an American Jew disenfranchised in London into a

3.75 (liked it)With the caveat that I generally enjoy books about food and France, and that I found many of the author's thoughts/feelings and experiences in France similar to mine, I really enjoyed this light read. What I liked most about this memoir was the author's amusing and candid observations about herself and her life in France, including her relationship with her boyfriend, the food, and the culture. I also identified with her ongoing struggle to reconcile her idealistic visions with

I picked this up for 2 reasons: the first was that I have recently gotten into the (admittedly fairly recent) trend of memoir/recipe books and wanted another one. The second reason being, of course, that it was about Paris, where my heart lies. Normally this book would have warranted a 5-star rating, so I want to explain why it's a 4 for me. It has wonderful recipes, great writing with a clever, loveable and unique voice, and tells a captivating story while bridging 2 continents and 2 cultures,

I don't want to completely slam the author because she is very good at creating visual images for the reader of great food in a beautiful city. It's been a decade - at least - since my trip to Paris but this book does a great job of bringing back memories. I also liked her portrayal of her husband. I find it a bit trite that she took a formulamatic approach of comparing our two cultures. It seems like every American expat living in France that wants to write a book or memoir presents us as the

An American woman falls in love with a Frenchman and moves to Paris. Some great recipes (the chocolate souffle is really easy and pretty tasty, and I'm trying the tagine at the first opportunity) and some interesting observations on French life from an American perspective, as in:She wonders how her soon-to-be mother-in-law stays so slim. Answer: The French eat at the table, not on the couch, they don't snack, they cook just enough for one serving per person, and they don't go back for seconds