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"A collection of stories and 100 sweet and savory French-inspired recipes from Chez Panisse pastry chef turned popular food blogger David Lebovitz, reflecting the way modern Parisians eat today and featuring lush photography taken around Paris and in David's Parisian kitchen. French cooking has come a long way since the days of Escoffier. The culinary culture of France has changed and the current generation of French cooks, most notably in Paris,...
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"The memoir of a young diplomat's wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris-one dish at a time When journalist Ann Mah's diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gastronomic adventures à deux. Then her husband is called away to Iraq on a year-long post-alone. Suddenly, Ann's vision of a romantic sojourn in the City of Light is turned...
28) The other Paris
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2015.
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English
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"A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--
"A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside--one populated by...
29) Mythologies
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Hill and Wang
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2012.
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English
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"This new edition of Mythologies is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic, Roland Barthes's most emblematic work"--
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Free Press
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2005.
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English
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An exploration of how French culture during the reign of Louis XIV has had an enduring influence on modern traditions and style cites the French origins of haute cuisine, interior design, and the consumption of celebratory champagne.
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Acclaimed scholar Marilyn Yalom distills the central tenets of the Gallic gospel of love from her reading of the great French literary works, as well as from the people she has known and her own memories of France, examining almost a thousand years of divine culture in search of the intimate moments that reveal how the particularly French concept of l'amour has endured and evolved.
37) France
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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2019.
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English
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From the Eiffel Tower to the amazing artwork in the Louvre, theres a lot to see in France. With the help of their local guides Hugo and Chloe, readers will tour this European nations most incredible sights. Along the way, theyll learn about Frances history and culture. They will also find out how French people live, from which kinds of houses they live in to what topics they study in school. --from Amazon.
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