Tag: France

• Book Review: The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

  While considerable thought goes into packing clothing for an overseas vacation, especially when visiting multiple countries with differing climates, I give equally as much thought into what I will read on the trip. My Kindle is always fully loaded and downloaded and ready to go. For my recent trip to Ireland and France, I had…

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  July 8, 2024

  books, Essay

  art, book-review, books, chef, cooking, Dior, fashion, fiction, foie gras, food, France, Gourmet, Kindle, leeks, library, literature, Manet, novel, NYT Food, Paris, Plaquemines Parish, reading, Ruth Reichl, saffron

• Book Review: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

  By Anthony Doerr (Published June 12, 2007 by Scribner Book Company) I realize I am late to joining the Anthony Doerr fan club, but I tore through this piece of nonfiction in less than two days. I probably would have finished it in one day had I not stopped so frequently to admire his wide…

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  March 23, 2021

  books

  Four Seasons in Rome, France, Italy, nature, Peter Mayle, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Provence, Pulitzer Prize, Rome, twins

• Have Books, Will Travel

  Some people flip through photo albums to fondly remember past vacations. Others, in today’s social media-crazed society, may look back over their Instagram posts to see snaps of time spent away with family or friends, in some exotic location, or just for a short getaway. Me? I just pull up my Goodreads list of books…

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  November 3, 2018

  books

  All the Time in the World, Belgium, Caroline Angell, Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Cormoran Strike, Delaware, Edinburgh, France, Franz Kafka, Glasgow, Goodreads, Hunt for Red October, Ian Fleming, Instagram, J. K. Rowling, James Bond, Lewes, Liane Moriarty, Marcus Samuelsson, Marriott Courtyard, mofongo, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Niagara Falls, PBS, Pittsburgh, Priscilla Cummings, Provence, Puerto Rico, Red Kayak, Robert Galbraith, Robin Sloan, Scotland, Suzanne Collins, The Cooks Bookshop, The Hunger Games, The Last Anniversary, The Metamorphosis, The Silkworm, Tom Clancy, Two Fat Ladies, Yes Chef: A Memoir