David Lebovitz is a popular blogger and writer who now resides in Paris. My Paris Kitchen is a tribute to all things Parisian and surprisingly has a truly international flavor profile for example with recipes for Tabbouleh, Egyptian Spiced Nuts, Indian Cheese Bread, Lemon Pistachio Israeli Couscous and more.
David is witty and I love his style of writing. The recipes he shares include Comte and Ham wafers, Ham, Blue Cheese and Pear Quiche (which looks divine), Duck Fat Cookies (yes that is not a typo), Honey Spice Bread, Salted Butter Caramel Chocolate Mousse, Coffee Creme Brulee and hundreds more.
David’s book reads like a novel – you feel as if you are sitting in his Paris kitchen enjoying a class of Rose with ice — he tells a story entitled Ice is Nice which brought me back to my honeymoon in London and Paris. London was fine – somewhat like being in America – but when we arrived in Paris – Americans who love their ice – we had a really hard time finding any. When we spoke to the hotel employee….he said something to the effect that “there is no ice in all of France”. We laughed and he did let us use glacier bags to make our ice for drinks when we returned from devouring the city while searching for ice!
I have never been disappointed in David’s recipes. They are well written, researched and tested and perform wonderfully.
I can relate to one statement David made in the book about people being afraid to invite him for dinner. I have been told that. I am by no means a great chef – I’d be frightened to wash one of David’s pots….but I am a good cook. We have a constant stream of dinner guests but no one ever invites us over. I suppose I should take it as a compliment.
Enjoy this book! I am.
I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books.
