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Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet (Modern Library Food)
by
Ruth Reichl
A glorious, edible tour of Paris through six decades of writing from Gourmet magazine, edited and introduced by Ruth Reichl
For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. Collected here for the first time, their essays create a unique and timeless portrait of the world capital of love and food. When the book begins, just after the...more
For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. Collected here for the first time, their essays create a unique and timeless portrait of the world capital of love and food. When the book begins, just after the...more
Hardcover, 368 pages
Published
March 16th 2004
by Random House USA Inc
(first published January 1st 2004)
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This book's title should actually be Paris in the 1960s and 1970s, Described by Joseph Wechsberg and Naomi Berry. And therein lies the problem.
I expected, from the subtitle and from the other Gourmet collection I've read, to find here a variety of writers covering the full time span. And, technically, this book has both - seventeen authors (although that's a ludicrously small number for a 350 page anthology of short magazine pieces), and, well, if not quite sixty years, close. But the book is 8...more
I expected, from the subtitle and from the other Gourmet collection I've read, to find here a variety of writers covering the full time span. And, technically, this book has both - seventeen authors (although that's a ludicrously small number for a 350 page anthology of short magazine pieces), and, well, if not quite sixty years, close. But the book is 8...more
I bought this, and several other books in the Food Modern Library series after reading Ruth Reichl's edited edition, Endless Feasts--and I had high hopes for this volume, but it turns out that indeed, I do not love Paris, it is France that I love. I read it in France, and was very much loving the things about France that I hold dear, so it was not a 'far removed' sort of problem. I do agree with my spouse, that the first 50 pages are very slow and it gets much much better after that, and there w...more
This book seems like it should be right up my alley. I love food and I love Paris. The essays, though, focus on a rarified slice of Paris that I just cannot relate to. One of the articles extolls the virtues of high French cuisine and says that "low cost bistros" like Les Bookinistes are not much better than the cafes in New York. The author simultaneously slammed New York and said a restaurant with an 80 euro tasting menu is "low cost."
The essays that appealed to me were either on the history...more
The essays that appealed to me were either on the history...more
Mostly, this book was very entertaining, albeit pretentious, but it's divided into essays which are super easy to read through on the subway. It's my favorite kind of commuting literature - short & sweet & easy to pick up. "A Memory of Alice B. Toklas" is delightful, funny, warm and fascinating; I'm going on a mad search for more pieces by Naomi Berry because of it.
"Grand Masters," on the other hand, by Jonathan Gold is at times grossly greedy in terms of food descriptors. I felt as tho...more
"Grand Masters," on the other hand, by Jonathan Gold is at times grossly greedy in terms of food descriptors. I felt as tho...more
As editor of Gourmet Magazine, Ruth Reichl compiles a selection of wonderful articles on food and eating in Paris for this book. Famous restaurants, bistro culture, great recipes, vignettes about eccentric chefs, French attitudes and culture....entertaining and fun and just plain made me want to go to go back to Paris!
Didn't check this out well and thought it was going to be writings of Ruch Reichle. Instead it is writings of several food editors, critics and correspondents about their experiences in Paris related to food. I must say it is strange to feel intimidated by just reading about famous resturants and their snobism.
A collection of beautifully written love letters to the dining experience in Paris. If you've never been it will give you a taste of the city, and if you have been it will remind of it's greatness.
If you want an off the beaten path view of paris taken from different angles at different moments, you need to read this. One commun denominator: food or should I say cuisine?
Read this several years ago and remember it fondly. One of the first books about food and cooking that I picked up.
Having enjoyed Ruth Reichl's previous books, I was disappointed in this collection of essays by Gourmets writers over the years. I think it would have been more enjoyable if I had been to Paris.
Some stories are better than others but overall a great read.
Mar 25, 2009
Julie
marked it as to-read
Here is another we gave to Tim's Mom, this one was for Mother's Day 2011 I believe. She read it quickly and gave it back to us, I forgot to ask her what she thought of it. Tim's Mom is French (born in Jacksonville, Oregon of French immigrant parents). She has been to France three times and keeps up with her relatives there. I don't know when we will get to this book and we will eventually!
Lots of beautiful food writing about Paris from the 40's to the present.
Dec 30, 2008
Sarah
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
francophiles, gourmets, and dreamers
Recommended to Sarah by:
Jen
Shelves:
amsterdam-used-books,
2008-reads
A great book to dip into on a Grey and cold winter evening. Dream of meals that you could be making and gorgeous French men who could be escorting you into restaurants to feast on oysters and veau blanquette instead of sitting in your nightie with the cat eating soft boiled eggs.
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This was an incredibly fabulous book. I loved reading all the many stories of writers various experiences in Paris through the decades.
For someone who loves Paris, this is a must read and will make you want to go back to Paris and seek out some of the spots that are mentioned.
For someone who loves Paris, this is a must read and will make you want to go back to Paris and seek out some of the spots that are mentioned.
not what I expected, and not in a good way. With Reichl's name on the cover, I thought there would be some commentary/eassay by her woven through the book, but there isn't. Will give it another shot, though, to see if I like it better with realistic expectations.
I really liked this collection, even though there were one or two pieces I wasn't quite as into. It gave a nice historic sense of Paris and food writing.
A collection of articles from Gourmet magazine on French culture,specificly on food. It's a decent read,but read with a full stomach,because the decription of the food will make you hungry.
Good but slow moving - I couldn't encourage myself to pick it up frequently enough to finish it, but it's not a bad read for sure.
This book seems to be more about Paris the food in Paris. But I have not gotten very far.
Maybe I don't like food/travel writing as much as I thought.
Food. Paris. Nothing else to say.
again a good read
Couldn't finish it...
May 17, 2013
Emily
marked it as to-read
May 08, 2013
Lisa Cushman
marked it as to-read
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Ruth Reichl is an American food writer, the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and culinary editor for the Modern Library.
Born to parents Ernst and Miriam (née Brudno), she was raised in New York City and spent time at a boarding school in Montreal. She attended the University of Michigan, where she met her first husband, the artist Douglas Hollis. She graduated in 1970 with a M.A. in art history...more
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Born to parents Ernst and Miriam (née Brudno), she was raised in New York City and spent time at a boarding school in Montreal. She attended the University of Michigan, where she met her first husband, the artist Douglas Hollis. She graduated in 1970 with a M.A. in art history...more
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