Part love-story, part wine-splattered family cookbook, a delicious memoir for any woman who has ever suspected that lunch in Paris could change her life.
Part love story, part wine-splattered cookbook, LUNCH IN PARIS is a deliciously tart, forthright and funny story of falling in love with a Frenchman and moving to the world's most romantic city - not the Hollywood version, but the real Paris, a heady mix of blood sausage and irregular verbs. From gutting her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen) and battling bad-tempered butchers to discovering heavenly chocolate shops, Elizabeth Bard finds that learning to cook and building a new life as a stranger in an even stranger land have a lot in common. Along the way she learns the true meaning of home - and the real reason French women don't get fat ... Peppered with mouth-watering recipes, this memoir is the perfect treat for any woman who has ever suspected that lunch in Paris could change her life. this edition includes Reading Notes and a little taste of what Elizabeth's up to next ... 'A memoir and love story wrapped around recipes - what's not to love?' Daily telegraph 'this mouth-watering memoir is Bard's romantic recounting of how she met her French husband via a select menu of delights' Vogue 'Do you enjoy a dose of delish reality with your love stories? then you'll enjoy this intimate insight into the real-life romance between New Yorker Elizabeth and Frenchman Gwendal ... tres magnifique!' NW