This unique guide to one of the world's most beloved tourist destinations combines fascinating articles by a wide variety of writers, woven throughout with the editor's own indispensable advice and opinions-providing in one package an unparalleled experience of an extraordinary place. This edition on Paris features: ● Articles, interviews, and reminiscences from writers, visitors, residents, and experts on the region, including Ina Garten, André Aciman, Judith Jones, Mireille Guiliano, Naomi Barry, and Patricia Wells. ● In-depth pieces that illuminate such treasures of the City of Light as the…mehr
This unique guide to one of the world's most beloved tourist destinations combines fascinating articles by a wide variety of writers, woven throughout with the editor's own indispensable advice and opinions-providing in one package an unparalleled experience of an extraordinary place. This edition on Paris features: ● Articles, interviews, and reminiscences from writers, visitors, residents, and experts on the region, including Ina Garten, André Aciman, Judith Jones, Mireille Guiliano, Naomi Barry, and Patricia Wells. ● In-depth pieces that illuminate such treasures of the City of Light as the bridges on the Seine; Parisian train stations; cobbled streets and hidden gardens; the peculiarities of the French language; the delights of French bread, chocolate, and wine; and much more. ● Enticing recommendations for further reading, including novels, histories, memoirs, cookbooks, and guidebooks. ● An A-Z Miscellany of concise and entertaining information on special shops, hotels, and museums not to be missed; French phrases and customs; boat trips on the Seine; Jewish history; antiques; spas; tips for shopping; and the most romantic spots in Paris. ● Recommendations for excursions to Chartres, Fontainebleau, Burgundy, Brittany, and Champagne. ● More than 150 photographs and illustrations.
Barrie Kerper, a former journalist and avid traveler, is the editor of numerous books in the Collected Traveler series.
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Introduction
FRANCE France: The Outsider by Ian Jack Dreyfus Is Decorated La Poste and I by Barbara Wilde The French, Rude? Mais Non! by Joseph Voelker Recommended Reading
PARIS Foreword to John Russell’s Paris by Rosamond Bernier According to Plan—Maps of Paris by Catharine Reynolds Why I Love My Quincaillerie by Barbara Wilde Thirza’s Take on Paris by Thirza Vallois Proust’s Paris by Sanche de Gramont We’ll Always Have…Questions by Ann Burack-Weiss Recommended Reading Interview: Patricia Wells
LES QUARTIERS The New Left Bank by Alexander Lobrano On the Île Saint-Louis by Herbert Gold The Paris of Parisians by Catharine Reynolds Recommended Reading
LA CUISINE FRANÇAISE A Saga of Bread by Naomi Barry Liquid Gold by Susan Herrmann Loomis The Anatomy of Success: Remi Flachard, International Specialist in Vintage Cookbooks by Naomi Barry Why We Love French Wine by Peter Hellman Recommended Reading Interview: Kermit Lynch Interview: Ina Garten
A TABLE! A Clean, Well-Lighted Café in Montparnasse by Adair Lara Counter Culture: The Success of Breaking the Rules by Naomi Barry Thanksgiving in Paris by Laura Chamaret Recommended Reading Interview: Alexander Lobrano
MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS, AND GARDENS The Walls of Paris by Mary McAuliffe Affordable Gothic Thrills by Anne Prah-Perochon A Tale of Two Artists by Catharine Reynolds Of Cobbles, Bikes, and Bobos by David Downie Perfection Squared by André Aciman Solar-Powered Timekeeping in Paris by Susan Allport Station to Station by Barbara Dinerman Streets of Desire by Vivian Thomas Paint the Town by Paris Muse Passages by Catharine Reynolds The Secret Shops of the Palais Royal by Barbara Wilde Recommended Reading
THE SEINE Bridging the Seine by Vivian Thomas Recommended Reading
PERSONALITIES The Master of the Machine by John Russell The Message by Jeannette Ferrary We’ll Always Have Paris by Stacy Schiff Le Père Tanguy by Henri Perruchot Recommended Reading
THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE AND BEYOND—EXCURSIONS FROM PARIS Interview: David Downie and Alison Harris
FRANCE France: The Outsider by Ian Jack Dreyfus Is Decorated La Poste and I by Barbara Wilde The French, Rude? Mais Non! by Joseph Voelker Recommended Reading
PARIS Foreword to John Russell’s Paris by Rosamond Bernier According to Plan—Maps of Paris by Catharine Reynolds Why I Love My Quincaillerie by Barbara Wilde Thirza’s Take on Paris by Thirza Vallois Proust’s Paris by Sanche de Gramont We’ll Always Have…Questions by Ann Burack-Weiss Recommended Reading Interview: Patricia Wells
LES QUARTIERS The New Left Bank by Alexander Lobrano On the Île Saint-Louis by Herbert Gold The Paris of Parisians by Catharine Reynolds Recommended Reading
LA CUISINE FRANÇAISE A Saga of Bread by Naomi Barry Liquid Gold by Susan Herrmann Loomis The Anatomy of Success: Remi Flachard, International Specialist in Vintage Cookbooks by Naomi Barry Why We Love French Wine by Peter Hellman Recommended Reading Interview: Kermit Lynch Interview: Ina Garten
A TABLE! A Clean, Well-Lighted Café in Montparnasse by Adair Lara Counter Culture: The Success of Breaking the Rules by Naomi Barry Thanksgiving in Paris by Laura Chamaret Recommended Reading Interview: Alexander Lobrano
MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS, AND GARDENS The Walls of Paris by Mary McAuliffe Affordable Gothic Thrills by Anne Prah-Perochon A Tale of Two Artists by Catharine Reynolds Of Cobbles, Bikes, and Bobos by David Downie Perfection Squared by André Aciman Solar-Powered Timekeeping in Paris by Susan Allport Station to Station by Barbara Dinerman Streets of Desire by Vivian Thomas Paint the Town by Paris Muse Passages by Catharine Reynolds The Secret Shops of the Palais Royal by Barbara Wilde Recommended Reading
THE SEINE Bridging the Seine by Vivian Thomas Recommended Reading
PERSONALITIES The Master of the Machine by John Russell The Message by Jeannette Ferrary We’ll Always Have Paris by Stacy Schiff Le Père Tanguy by Henri Perruchot Recommended Reading
THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE AND BEYOND—EXCURSIONS FROM PARIS Interview: David Downie and Alison Harris
A PARIS MISCELLANY
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