My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris - Inspirational Cookbook & Memoir | French Cuisine, Parisian Lifestyle & Food Culture | Perfect for Home Cooks & Travel Enthusiasts

Here is what the publisher tells us about this book:

My Place at the Table is the story of how a timid Connecticut boy grew up to be a bon vivant and the dining critic of the largest newspaper in the French-speaking world. It is also a touching and funny coming-of-age story about the healing role of food.

Until Alec Lobrano landed a job in the glamorous Paris office of Women’s Wear Daily, his main experience of French cuisine had been the occasional supermarket éclair. An interview with the owner of France’s best cheese shop for his first article nearly proves a disaster, because he speaks almost no French.

As he slowly rises to become the taste arbiter of the world’s best food city, Lobrano describes the lessons learned from leading culinary figures, the dining revolution caused by the birth of the modern bistro, his favorite and least favorite restaurants and most memorable meals, what it’s like to write for the French, and why our show-off culture is bad for food.

Hardcover.