The Sweet Life in Paris : Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious--And Perplexing--City (Hardcover)

from GraceZ

Definitely one of my favorite expat-in-Paris books! The observations were so good, and so EDUCATIONAL. If you are going to Paris you should read this book so you know how to behave properly in the shops and such. I always consider myself fairly in tune to these things, as I speak French and lived...

from mdoris

Just finished [The Sweet Life in Paris] and I really enjoyed it! [[David Lebovitz]] was 12 years as the pastry chef in Alice Water's Chez Panisse in San Franscisco (oh man, would I ever love to go there!!) and knows a thing or two about sweets and desserts. He has now lived in Paris for years and...

from debnance

The Sweet Life in Paris is the moving-and-starting-over story of Lebovitz's venture into Parisian life. It's a story we have heard many times before, of the trials of dealing with French bureaucracy, of figuring out how to get service in French stores, and of trying to fit into a world that secre...

from voracious

This autobiographical account of a famous chef's life in Paris was both informative and entertaining. Though David had moved from San Francisco to Paris seven years before, his culture shock is humorously retold through short stories filled with advice about how to fit in with Parisians and recip...

from maggie1944

Since visiting France, and spending a few days in Paris, I've been a bit of a "sucker" for books about the French. [The Sweet Life in Paris] was a quick, fun read with the author combining an irony filled memoir of living in Paris, with a collection of his recipes for desserts, and French inspire...