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Mah, Ann.
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Mah, Ann -- Travel -- France.
Diplomats' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Chinese Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Gastronomy -- France.
Cooking, French -- Anecdotes.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Mah, Ann.
Mah, Ann -- Travel -- France.
Diplomats' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Chinese Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Gastronomy -- France.
Cooking, French -- Anecdotes.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Mastering the art of French eating : lessons in food and love from a year in Paris /
Ann
Mah
.
by
Mah
,
Ann
.
Pamela Dorman Books / Viking, c2013.
Call #:
641.5944 M214m
Subjects
Mah
,
Ann
--
Travel
--
France
.
Diplomats' spouses
--
United States
--
Biography.
Chinese Americans
--
France
--
Paris
--
Biography.
Gastronomy
--
France
.
Cooking, French
--
Anecdotes.
Paris (
France
)
--
Social life and customs.
Paris (
France
)
--
Social life and customs
--
21st century.
ISBN:
9780670025992
Alternate title:
Lessons in food and love from a year in Paris
Description:
xii, 273 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"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 upside down. So, not unlike another diplomatic wife, Julia Child,
Ann
must find a life for herself in a new city. Journeying through Paris and the surrounding regions of
France
,
Ann
combats her loneliness by seeking out the perfect pain au chocolat and learning the way the andouillette sausage is really made. She explores the history and taste of everything from boeuf Bourguignon to soupe au pistou to the crispiest of buckwheat crepes. And somewhere between Paris and the south of
France
, she uncovers a few of life's truths. Like Sarah Turnbull's Almost French and Julie Powell's New York Times bestseller Julie and Julia, Mastering the Art of French Eating is interwoven with the lively characters
Ann
meets and the traditional recipes she samples. Both funny and intelligent, this is a story about love-of food, family, and
France
"--From publisher.
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