Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas, (Paperback)

from debnance

Paris. Sigh. I'm a sucker for anything-Paris. I'm so blinded by the beauty of Paris that I can't properly evaluate any set-in-Paris book. And this story is doubly-blessed: (1) set-in-Paris and (2) about food. So, frankly, you will have to read this for yourself and see what you think. I loved it,...

from APopova

Started off reasonably well, despite some small typos and the like, but by the time I got to page 144 where the author states that the grapes of Médoc are Cabermet Franc and Syrah, I lost all faith in either his knowledge of wine or the editor's proofreading skills. It doesn't take a rocket scien...

from Mitsou

The witty recounts of an Australian writer who follows his girl-friend to France and makes a Christmas dinner for his future in laws. Good explanations of the food, but the French family he described is not the average French family - most French families are a lot less religious than the one he ...

from thornton37814

Normally, I love "foodie" books. This is one that I didn't enjoy that much. The narrative seemed to be very disjointed. The descriptions of the foods seemed to be very brief. The author was an Australian who married a French woman and moved to France. I expected more of the story to focus on Chri...

from etxgardener

A nice little book about Baxters integration into his wife's French family and what he goes through each year to cook s memorable Christmas dinner.