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L’Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home
I've thoroughly enjoyed David Lebovitz's writings about Parisian expat life since falling in love with The Sweet Life in Paris many years ago. This 2018 memoir with recipes details his arduous journey to find, purchase, and renovate his very own Parisian apartment. In between renovation stories, he shares recipes from his kitchen. The curious traveler in me couldn’t help but map each and every real location in the book so I could accompany Lebovitz as he moved through Paris. As someone who used to work in the field of property law, I was fascinated by his descriptions of everything Parisian real estate: I ate up the details on how one searches for and acquires real estate in Paris. But I struggled to read about the massively time-consuming and expensive renovations: Lebovitz is a wonderful writer, but some of his renovation mishaps were so painful they verged on heartbreaking. Nevertheless I'm glad I picked it up, and thankful this book prompted me to revisit his blog and peruse the wonderful archives.
About the Book
Publisher’s description:
Bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-Pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one’s life. Includes dozens of new recipes.
When David Lebovitz began the project of updating his apartment in his adopted home city, he never imagined he would encounter so much inexplicable red tape while contending with perplexing work ethic and hours. Lebovitz maintains his distinctive sense of humor with the help of his partner Romain, peppering this renovation story with recipes from his Paris kitchen. In the midst of it all, he reveals the adventure that accompanies carving out a place for yourself in a foreign country—under baffling conditions—while never losing sight of the magic that inspired him to move to the City of Light many years ago, and to truly make his home there.
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