We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France

Author - Patricia Wells ... [Goo?] [Posters]
Author - Walter Wells ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from Harper was reviewed on 12-Dec-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France by Harper. Patricia and Walter Wells are not Julia and Paul Child! I must have imagined they were, because this little tome was a big disappointment for me. In the end they seem primarily a pair of very fortunate, albeit talented and ambitious, yuppies. An awful lot of self-satisfaction to plow through! Could´ve really lived without the details of Patricia´s beauty routine!¤

2) Hardcover Book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France by Harper. This book gives us an interesting story of two people´s lives as Expats in France, plus some very doable recipes. Patricia and Walter Wells took a chance on life abroad, planning for maybe two years, and worked and lived their way to a lifetime of genuine fulfillment. The recipes are new, exciting, and an unexpected bonus.¤

3) Hardcover Book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France by Harper. I bought the actual book (not on my kindle)because I was looking forward to the photos and recipes, what a mistake!
The photos are dull. I noticed two of the recipes were already published (in slightly different form) from her "P. W. Home in Provence" book (Grape Harvest Cake and Corsican Ricotta Cheesecake).
More disturbing pages 183 and 202 of this new book have exact passages from the Introduction of her "P. W. Home in Provence" book. Isn´t there an editor anywhere? Is this legit to pass off without attribution?
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4) Hardcover Book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France by Harper. If you have ever dreamed of living in a foreign country, this book will enlighten and entertain you. Two ordinary, extraordinary people who went to France for work, and stayed.
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5) Hardcover Book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France by Harper. The book is a charming account of a life in France.
It might seem self-indulgent, but one should note
the humble origins of the authors.¤

6) Hardcover Book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France by Harper.

Patricia Wells, long recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, live the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. After more than a quarter century, they are as close to being accepted as "French" as any non-natives can be. In this delightful memoir they share in two voices their experiences—the good, the bad, and the funny—offering a charming and evocative account of their beloved home and some of the wonderful people they have met along the way. Full of the flavor and color of the couple´s adopted country, this tandem memoir reflects on the life that France has made possible for them and explores how living abroad has shaped their relationship.

Written in lyrical, sensuous prose and filled with anecdotes, insights, and endearing snapshots of Walter and Patricia over the years, We´ve Always Had Paris . . . and Provence beautifully conveys the nuances of the French and their culture as only a practiced observer can. Literally a moveable feast to be savored and shared, including more than thirty recipes that will delight readers and cooks alike, the couple´s valentine to France and to each other is delicious in every way.

Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 9-Jan-2009, 00608986159780060898618, 400-150-750-370-350-541-021-JWB-8

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