We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France
by Wells, PatriciaEdition: Reprint
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Summary
For more than a quarter century, Patricia Wells, who has long been recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, have lived the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. 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.
Author Biography
Patricia Wells is the food critic for the International Herald Tribune and the author of eleven books, including Vegetable Harvest, The Provence Cookbook, Trattoria, and Bistro Cooking. She and her husband, Walter Wells, a retired executive editor of the International Herald Tribune, have lived in France for almost thirty years. They run a popular cooking school in both Paris and Provence.
Table of Contents
| List of Recipes | p. xiii |
| Preface: Go for It! | p. 1 |
| Setting Out to Live a Fantasy | |
| Ah, Paris! | p. 15 |
| Learning More Than French | p. 23 |
| Seeing Things | p. 35 |
| Rules, Rules, and More Rules | p. 39 |
| Reality Strikes | p. 49 |
| Making Yourself Up | p. 57 |
| Put Yourself on Vacation | p. 65 |
| La Vie en Rose | p. 77 |
| Going Native | |
| Almost Parisian ("Have You Ever Thought of Wearing Makeup?") | p. 87 |
| Dangerous De-Liaisons | p. 95 |
| A Small Inn Near Avignon | p. 101 |
| Nouvelle Cuisine, Critique Nouvelle | p. 109 |
| You Paid to Learn to Drive Like That? | p. 121 |
| Two for the Road | p. 129 |
| The L'Express Years | p. 135 |
| Mr. Patricia Wells | p. 147 |
| Weighty Matters | p. 157 |
| Our Private Universe | |
| A Farmhouse in Provence | p. 169 |
| Making a House a Home | p. 181 |
| Chantier-Duc | p. 191 |
| Grow, Garden, Grow | p. 201 |
| All About Yves | p. 215 |
| Vineyard Tales | p. 225 |
| World Enough | |
| Right Bank, Left Bank | p. 237 |
| Fame but Not Fortune | p. 251 |
| Clients Fidèles | p. 261 |
| Life Lessons from Julia and Joëet;l | p. 269 |
| Another Kind of Interlude | p. 283 |
| Mrs. Walter Wells | p. 289 |
| It's Not About the Marathon | p. 295 |
| You and Me, Babe | p. 307 |
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