My place at the table : a recipe for a delicious life in Paris / Alexander Lobrano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobrano, Alec, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinners and dining.

Food writers.

France.

France--Paris.

Lobrano, Alec.

Food writers--France--Biography.

Dinners and dining--France--Paris.

Cooking, French.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Summary:

"In a touching and funny memoir, a James Beard Award-winning writer whose childhood idea of fine dining was Howard Johnson's tells how he became one of Paris's most influential restaurant critics"-- Provided by publisher.

Until Lobrano landed a job in the Paris office of Women's Wear Daily, he had no experience of French cuisine. As he began to cover celebrities and couturiers and improve his mastery of the language, his landlady provided him with a lasting touchstone for how to judge food: "you must understand the intentions of the cook." As he began to hone his palate and finds his voice, Lobrano was soon at the epicenter of the Parisian dining revolution-- and became the restaurant critic of one of the largest newspapers in the France. Following his memoir, Lobrano shares his all-time favorite restaurants in Paris. -- adapted from jacket

Until Lobrano landed a job in the Paris office of Women's Wear Daily, he had no experience of French cuisine. As he began to cover celebrities and couturiers and improves his mastery of the language, his landlady provided him with a lasting touchstone for how to judge food: "you must understand the intentions of the cook." As he began to hone his palate and finds his voice, Lobrano was soon at the epicenter of the Parisian dining revolution-- and became the restaurant critic of one of the largest newspapers in the France. Following his memoir, Lobrano shares his all-time favorite restaurants in Paris. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

The little footprint

The first supper

Words and whey

On the shores of memory

Cracking my shell

A map of my palate

At my tutor's table

The old lady's place

Seductions

The talk of the town

My tour de France

The game of fame

Becoming a Parisian

Earning my way with a fork and pen

The new bistro is born

The naked truth

Ruth

The two gifts

The harvest

My little black book.

Notes:

"A Rux Martin Book"

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beerman Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version

Lobrano, Alec. My place at the table

Online version: Lobrano, Alexander, My place at the table

ISBN:

9781328588838

1328588831

OCLC:

1200832100