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(My 50th book of 2005! The one and only year I made it to 50 books, in the 8 years I've set the goal.) [2007 review.] There were bits of this that were interesting, but it was way too heavy on, like, the specific histories of specific restaurants whose focus is high French cuisine for my taste. I wish it could all have been about Paris and his kid. [2005 review.] I got this on a whim in the bookstore, since the reviews on it were good and I like books about Paris and I've been meaning to read more nonfiction. Adam Gopnik is a writer for The New Yorker, who moved to Paris for five years with his wife and young son. A lot of the essays reminded me of why I don't like The New Yorker -- a hard to define dullness. Essays about incredibly fancy restaurants aren't going to interest me, no matter where they're set. But some of the other bits were really good and interesting. I still prefer A Moveable Feast, though! Anyone have recommendations of other Parisian nonfiction? Or any good expat/travelling around nonfiction?

Really enjoyed this. Some aspects of it were predictable, but I was intrigued by the research and the history involved. It is the first of a trilogy, and I would like to find the others.