Return to Paris

“Rossant explor[es] the wonders of French cuisine [and] shares recipes throughout the book, interspersing them among anecdotes. Those interested in food will enjoy Rossant’s careful explanations of meals and markets.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Rossant’s mouth-watering descriptions of her most memorable meals … [are] sensuously alive.”

—Library Journal

“[D]elightful…. The highest praise I can give this is to quote the words of distinguished American food critic Homer Simpson: ‘Ummm! Fo-o-o-od. Gooood!’”

—The Washington Times

“This second part of Rossant’s memoirs continues the tradition of interspersing text with recipes for dishes both simple and complex, from pain perdu to a whole goose and its artfully stuffed neck.”

—Booklist

“Rossant writes with such engaging warmth and humanity that the reader is instantly drawn into the rites of passage of a schoolgirl in Paris, whose mixed heritage is difficult but whose love of food ripens into the fruitful loves of a grown woman.”

—Betty Fussell, author of The Story of Corn and My Kitchen Wars

“[F]illed with evocative prose and delightful recipes…. [Rossant’s] love affair with food blossoms into human love in this beautiful and passionate tale of life on the cusp of adulthood.”

—Joan Nathan, author of The Foods of Israel Today and Jewish Cooking in America

“We must be grateful to Colette Rossant’s narcissistic mother. She drove her daughter to the kitchen for companionship. Return to Paris is a brilliant coming-of-age food memoir set in the then gastronomic capital of the world. I’ve never read anything that so beautifully evokes how a palate is cultivated.”

—Patricia Volk, author of Stuffed

“This is the kind of writing about food that stimulates your senses and connects you to the important traditions of the table…. I am enchanted by this memoir.”

—Alice Waters

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