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Books : Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas (P.S.)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.26630944361
EAN: 9780061562334
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0061562335
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A witty cultural and culinary education, Immoveable Feast is the charming, funny, and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread—and didn't speak a word of French—unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family.
Ernest Hemingway called Paris "a moveable feast"—a city ready to embrace you at any time in life. For Los Angeles-based film critic John Baxter, that moment came when he fell in love with a French woman and impulsively moved to Paris to marry her. As a test of his love, his skeptical in-laws charged him with cooking the next Christmas banquet—for eighteen people in their ancestral country home. Baxter's memoir of his yearlong quest takes readers along his misadventures and delicious triumphs as he visits the farthest corners of France in search of the country's best recipes and ingredients. Irresistible and fascinating, Immoveable Feast is a warmhearted tale of good food, romance, family, and the Christmas spirit, Parisian style.
Rating:
- Delectable, BUT
This book IS like a little feast. A savory narrative about French culture and cuisine, peppered with tidbits about Australia, a hint of India and a good measure of the Anglo/American influences on this writer and his love of food.
BUT, don't buy this sweet/piquant morsel based on the Amazon "Product Description." It was written by someone who did NOT read the book.
This is not "a test of love," nor a memoir of Baxter's "yearlong quest... as he visits the farthest corners of France ... Read More
Rating:
- Feast for the Imagination
Baxter has a wonderfully eclectic mind that will start you off with a shopping list in Paris and end up in the memory of a long ago escapade with a former girlfriend, wife, or fellow writer, as he prepares a most spectacular Christmas meal for his extended French inlaws, all the more remarkable that he (an Australian) should be asked to cook the meal by a family steeped in the culinary and social history of France. The perfect holiday read, or for any winter moment, when you want to curl up and escape ... Read More
Rating: - A delightful recipe.
Take one part memoir
Throw in some french tradition
Add a dash of humor
A bit of history
and saturate with a love and passion for food
Voila: Baxter's Immoveable Feast
This is a lovely book, fast and easy to read to read. While planning a Christmas dinner menu, Baxter weaves in all the above elements and tells a very charming tale of French Christmas.
There's even an element of suspense ... Will his French family enjoy the non ... Read More
Rating: - Oh Louise
I was trying to find a book here on Amazon about French Christmas cooking when I stumbled upon this book. In fact, I thought there were some recipes in the book, but there is only a vague explanation of a couple dishes. However, that took nothing away from my enjoyment of this wonderful book!
The author's writing was very approachable, and allows the reader to run through the book. The story, however, was amazing and inspirational. It is filled with personal anecdotes from his life as he ... Read More
Rating: - Moving book
I love the author's style of writing so much that after I am done with this review I am going to buy his other two books. It's a book that I cannot put down and eagerly turn the page to see what transpires next.
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Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas (P.S.)
by: John Baxter
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Dewey Decimal Number: 394.26630944361
EAN: 9780061562334
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0061562335
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A witty cultural and culinary education, Immoveable Feast is the charming, funny, and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread—and didn't speak a word of French—unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family.
Ernest Hemingway called Paris "a moveable feast"—a city ready to embrace you at any time in life. For Los Angeles-based film critic John Baxter, that moment came when he fell in love with a French woman and impulsively moved to Paris to marry her. As a test of his love, his skeptical in-laws charged him with cooking the next Christmas banquet—for eighteen people in their ancestral country home. Baxter's memoir of his yearlong quest takes readers along his misadventures and delicious triumphs as he visits the farthest corners of France in search of the country's best recipes and ingredients. Irresistible and fascinating, Immoveable Feast is a warmhearted tale of good food, romance, family, and the Christmas spirit, Parisian style.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Delectable, BUTThis book IS like a little feast. A savory narrative about French culture and cuisine, peppered with tidbits about Australia, a hint of India and a good measure of the Anglo/American influences on this writer and his love of food.
BUT, don't buy this sweet/piquant morsel based on the Amazon "Product Description." It was written by someone who did NOT read the book.
This is not "a test of love," nor a memoir of Baxter's "yearlong quest... as he visits the farthest corners of France ... Read More
Rating:
- Feast for the ImaginationBaxter has a wonderfully eclectic mind that will start you off with a shopping list in Paris and end up in the memory of a long ago escapade with a former girlfriend, wife, or fellow writer, as he prepares a most spectacular Christmas meal for his extended French inlaws, all the more remarkable that he (an Australian) should be asked to cook the meal by a family steeped in the culinary and social history of France. The perfect holiday read, or for any winter moment, when you want to curl up and escape ... Read More
Rating:
- A delightful recipe.Take one part memoir
Throw in some french tradition
Add a dash of humor
A bit of history
and saturate with a love and passion for food
Voila: Baxter's Immoveable Feast
This is a lovely book, fast and easy to read to read. While planning a Christmas dinner menu, Baxter weaves in all the above elements and tells a very charming tale of French Christmas.
There's even an element of suspense ... Will his French family enjoy the non ... Read More
Rating:
- Oh LouiseI was trying to find a book here on Amazon about French Christmas cooking when I stumbled upon this book. In fact, I thought there were some recipes in the book, but there is only a vague explanation of a couple dishes. However, that took nothing away from my enjoyment of this wonderful book!
The author's writing was very approachable, and allows the reader to run through the book. The story, however, was amazing and inspirational. It is filled with personal anecdotes from his life as he ... Read More
Rating:
- Moving bookI love the author's style of writing so much that after I am done with this review I am going to buy his other two books. It's a book that I cannot put down and eagerly turn the page to see what transpires next.
Arts & Photography • Biographies & Memoirs • Business & Investing • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computers & Internet • Cooking, Food & Wine • Entertainment • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Mind & Body • History • Home & Garden • Law • Literature & Fiction • Medicine • Mystery & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Outdoors & Nature • Parenting & Families • Professional & Technical • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Teens • Travel •
