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| Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris | 
 enlarge | Author: Clotilde Dusoulier
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 5879
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0767926137
Dewey Decimal Number: 647.9544361
EAN: 9780767926133
ASIN: 0767926137
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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 Great guide for Foodies and Paris in general May 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved this guide, it included a great basic layout of Paris which I found very helpful and some "good to know" french terms and basic rules of engagement for dealing with restaurant staff. I would highly recommend this guide not just for "foodies" traveling to Paris but anyone who plans on eating and would like to avoid the tourist traps. We ran into a chinese family looking for the asian district and with Clothilde's help were able to point them in the right direct.
Wish I'd had it too! June 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like the other reviewer, I wish I'd had Clotilde's new book for my Paris trip last April. I saw several restaurant listings near the apartment I was staying at, and near the French language school I attended. The shop descriptions are also very helpful. Though in some ways such shops can be found all over the city, it is really helpful to know what the specialties may be, and what to ask for. After reading her blog for years, it is delightful to have her favorites all in one place, and in a beautifully designed book just the right size for traveling.
Clotilde's first book was a joy -- even after I had sworn off cookbooks forever -- and this one is even better. Merci, Clotilde!
A light touch for Paris July 16, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Years ago, I read a book called The Food Lover's Guide to Paris. In fact, I still have it because it includes 20 recipes and it's coverage of the restaurants, wine bars, cafes, bistros, cheese and bread markets created such nostalgia in me for that city that I could not part with it. However, the last edition was written in the 1990s, and no new edition ever came out. I think the author moved to Italy.
So now we have a light, bright newcomer who covers much of the same territory. The format is somewhat similar also. The author is obviously a cook, and the write-ups of shops and markets are minutely described. A great book for those who have some time to stay in Paris rather than rush in and out in a few days. There are also some recipes in the book, and plenty more on the blog that apparently led to the creation of this book.
Of course, The Food Lover's Guide had a 37-page glossary of French food terminology which is a great help if you are not sure what "riz de veau" is. I once got langouste and langoustine mixed up, much to the horror of my date, who was picking up the tab. Ha, ha, it turned out I had ordered the lobster.
While Clothilde's edible adventures are definitely on the light side, she does have a brisk, young, hip (or whatever the millenial generation's term for hip is)style and an obvious knowledge of her material. Book publishing nowadays is all about having platform, and since Clothilde has a popular blog that attracts thousands of fans,Crafting the Travel Guidebook: How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Travel Book it is only fitting that she inherit the mantle of the original author of the Food Lover's Guide to Paris. Bon appetit!
 good shopping information May 31, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The restaurant suggestions are not especially interesting, if you've been to Paris before. However, the shopping venues are excellent.
 Great read August 2, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't found many recipes that I want to make, but enjoy reading the book for inspiration.
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