We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France

by Wells, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780060898588
• ISBN10: 0060898585
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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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