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Description edit
In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pavé au poivre, the steak's pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gwendal: The "one"
- Paul: the step-father
- Nicole: the mother-in-law
- Annick: Gwendal's godmother
- Mayur: New York friend who is the care-giver for Kate.
- Yanig: the father-in-law who was a boatmaker come potter.
- Lynn: author's aunt
- Marie-chantal: mother-in-law's friend
- Sarah: author's oldest friend
- Joyce: author's aunt. best cook in the family.
- Matt Dillon: the butcher
- Amanda: friend
- Kate: New York friend
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- France
- New York
- London
- Europe
- United States
- Saint-malo
- Brittany
- Manhattan
- America
- Belleville
- Notre-dame
First Sentence edit
I slept with my French husband halfway through our first date.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - Coffee, Tea or Me
Chapter 2 - An Affair to Remember
Chapter 3 - April in Paris
Chapter 4 - A Birthday Celebration
Chapter 5 - Pixie Dust
Chapter 6 - Vocabulary Lessons
Chapter 7 - Fig Fest 2002
Chapter 8 - The Long Winter
Chapter 9 - Meet the Parents
Chapter 10 - Family Heirlooms
Chapter 11 - Big Band, Smelly Cheese
Chapter 12 - Family Values
Chapter 13 - The Circle Line
Chapter 14 - After the Fairytale, the Parsnip
Chapter 15 - How to Make Cheesecake in a Pâté Pan
Chapter 16 - Forever in France
Chapter 17 - Ladies who Lunch
Chapter 18 - Comfort Food
Chapter 19 - Conquering the World
Chapter 20 - When New Yorkers Come to Visit
Chapter 21 - Spring Thinking
Chapter 22 - A New Year's Feast
Epilogue - Next Year in Paris
Acknowledgments
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Elizabeth Bard (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-04279-6
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-04279-6
Page Count: 336
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 944.361084092
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