From Here, You Can't See Paris
Registered by watakeet of Ma On Shan, Sha Tin Hong Kong on 7/10/2006
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
An indepth account of the life in a French village. The last chapter "How to eat well in a restaurnat in France" is very practical as well.
It was so nice to meet Watakeet and other BCers in Hong Kong. Received this book from Watakeet in person. Thank you so much for saving this book for me. Sure looks interesting!!
Book Description from Amazon:
The author set out to explore the inner workings of a French restaurant kitchen but ended up stumbling onto a wider, much richer world. Whether uncovering the darker secrets of making foie gras, hearing a chef confess his doubts about the Michelin star system, or absorbing the lore of the land around a farmhouse kitchen table after a boar hunt, Michael Sanders learned that life in Les Arques was anything but sleepy. Through the eyes of the author and his family, the reader enters this world, discovers its still vibrant traditions of food, cooking, and rural living, and comes to know the village's history, sharing along the way an American family's adventures as they find their way in a place that is sometimes lonely, often wondrous, and always fascinating.
Book Description from Amazon:
The author set out to explore the inner workings of a French restaurant kitchen but ended up stumbling onto a wider, much richer world. Whether uncovering the darker secrets of making foie gras, hearing a chef confess his doubts about the Michelin star system, or absorbing the lore of the land around a farmhouse kitchen table after a boar hunt, Michael Sanders learned that life in Les Arques was anything but sleepy. Through the eyes of the author and his family, the reader enters this world, discovers its still vibrant traditions of food, cooking, and rural living, and comes to know the village's history, sharing along the way an American family's adventures as they find their way in a place that is sometimes lonely, often wondrous, and always fascinating.
Sorry to have kept this book for so long.
While there is nothing exciting in the retelling of the author's year in a rural French village, his writing, with his fine eyes for detail, portrays life there exact as it is. Just ordinary day to day life, but personable, genuine, leisurely, simple, down-to-earth with a closeness to the land and a certain charm. Sure, work in the restaurant kitchen can go hectic, but it wasn't like Kitchen Confidential. I very much enjoyed the glimpse of village life he so nicely allow us: the fete, the election, the truffle hunting, the gardening, the cooking.
While there is nothing exciting in the retelling of the author's year in a rural French village, his writing, with his fine eyes for detail, portrays life there exact as it is. Just ordinary day to day life, but personable, genuine, leisurely, simple, down-to-earth with a closeness to the land and a certain charm. Sure, work in the restaurant kitchen can go hectic, but it wasn't like Kitchen Confidential. I very much enjoyed the glimpse of village life he so nicely allow us: the fete, the election, the truffle hunting, the gardening, the cooking.
Journal Entry 5 by Azuki at Starbucks - Harris Teeter/Cameron Village, 500 Oberlin Rd. in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Monday, August 6, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (8/5/2012 UTC) at Starbucks - Harris Teeter/Cameron Village, 500 Oberlin Rd. in Raleigh, North Carolina USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Released at the Raleigh BookCrossing Meetup. Nice to meet you all!
It was great to meet Azuki during her visit to Raleigh! So glad she met our Bookcrossing group! Thank you for bringing this book to the meeting, Azuki!
Journal Entry 7 by dukefan86 at Duke University, Smith Warehouse in Durham, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (9/10/2014 UTC) at Duke University, Smith Warehouse in Durham, North Carolina USA
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On the freebie bookcase on the first floor of Bay 6, near the café.