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I‘ve finally found a madeleine method that produces a dough dense enough to take on the shape of the mould but light enough to be good eating! David Lebovitz always comes through for me. I really oughta cook my way through this whole book (minus the oniony recipes, of course).

I finally got around to making my second recipe from the tagged book: bacon and bleu cheese cake! (While it‘s a quick bread by Canadian standards, Lebovitz says the Parisians call this sort of thing le cake.) It doesn‘t look very flashy, but it‘s frickin delicious. The crumbled bleu cheese spreads through the whole of that spongy crumb and the bacon adds the perfect smokey element. Totally worth the million and one steps to prep the ingredients.

I finally made my first recipe from THE SWEET LIFE IN PARIS: Thérèse‘s chocolate cake. It‘s not the most attractive thing out there and I‘m not entirely sure if I incorporated the egg whites correctly, but the flavour was good. There‘s very little added sugar, so it‘s perfect for people who like chocolate-forward things.

I thoroughly enjoyed this! An audio listen, so I always wonder how that alters things, but I delight in his writing overall.

My NYE plans include this cool book and this pretty beer (a Ransack the Universe IPA from Collective Arts Brewing).

While I‘m enjoying the book, I AM frustrated with Lebovitz‘s assumption that all his readers are American. (Please don‘t do this, USians.) Still, he‘s had some good adventures and I‘d very much like to try several of the recipes he includes at the end of each chapter. His neighbour‘s chocolate cake sounds especially tasty.

I love reading books set in Paris. Here are a few of my nonfiction Paris books from the shelves. There are many more.
#Paris #JulyJourneys
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Had a lovely May immersed in Paris. Paris By the Book was not a fav but really enjoyed the others. I have plenty of Paris books left to do another #buzzwordbookathon in the future.

It‘s a bit dated and his humor is a bit predictable but on the whole entertaining. Haven‘t tried recipes but saved a few before bailing. Things 👏to👏do! 👏

This was really good fun. A lot of very funny insights into Paris life, especially the pitfalls of trying to master the language (apparently you should be VERY careful about pronouncing the French name for the Black Virgin correctly). I'm now going to rewind and note the name of the cafe he says does the best hot chocolate in Paris, and his directions.

This book has #glorious in its subtitle, and it is *the* most glorious book!
#Septembersins

Next up. (guess where we're going on holiday next month?)

This was a fun read. With lots of delicious sounding recipes that I might have to try. It also confirmed my suspicion that I could never live in Paris. The rudeness and super slow pace would push me over the edge. It‘s fun to read about though.

I pulled this one off the TBR stack. Something about this time of year makes me want to read about Paris. Maybe it‘s my need for a vacation that I‘m not going to get this summer.
#24B4Monday
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @jb72

A wonderful book following an American pastry chef who makes the move to live in Paris. He writes about the foibles and illogicalities of Parisian life, but it‘s done in a wonderfully warm and amusing way.

It‘s chock-full of recipes too ( salted caramel sauce, anyone?!) and there‘s a list of ‘mes bonnes adresses‘ if you want to shop or eat at the best places in Paris.

@youneverarrived - as an aspiring Parisienne you‘ll love this!

#sweetdisposition

#maymoviemagic

This is on my TBR shelf and it‘s one I‘m really looking forward to reading.... The author is a pastry chef who moves to Paris and falls in love with the city. There‘s a lot of cooking and recipes too! 😋

nice book.

#JubilantJuly Day 14 - Set in France 🇫🇷

Happy Bastille Day! In honor of le 14 juillet, here are a few books celebrating French cuisine, and how delicious and inspirational it is!

This book has many amusing anecdotes that might make you never want to go to Paris.

But that's not what matters.

There is a recipe for a chocolate cake that has (among a few other things) 9oz of chocolate, 8 tbsp of butter and only 2 tbsp of flour.

How can you go wrong?

Closing out the first day of 2017 with bubbly and a short stack of books.

Attempted #booksforbreakfast with the help of our local grocery in an effort to finish up in progress books before the year end...and then babe woke up. sigh. i love reading David Lebovitz, though, and these short chapters stand alone which is helpful for brief reading moments. #mommyreads #food #paris #cookbook

wait, I'm supposed to be productive while baby naps? what if i just hold the snoozer while productively drooling along with David Lebovitz? because girl in Tokyo not so secretly longs to be girl in Paris. #mommyreads #tokyomom #deliciousbooks #memoir

I'm really enjoying this book and I want to make some of the recipes.

Homemade ice cream in a French apartment