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My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris

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Readers

52/100

Critics

96/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Alexander Lobrano

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Date:

June 1, 2021

A memoir from the James Beard Award-winning writer, whose childhood idea of fine dining was Howard Johnson's, tells how he became one of Paris's most influential restaurant critics

What The Reviewers Say

Moira Hodgson,
The Wall Street Journal
... beautiful.
Alice Carey,
Bookpage
A scrumptious, humor-filled love letter to Paris and its food, written by a James Beard Award-winning writer who is the first to admit that his life’s trajectory sounds highly improbable.

Publishers Weekly
In this rich debut memoir, food writer Lobrano traces his lifelong love affair with food.

Kirkus
A redoubtable restaurant critic and 30-year resident of Paris sets the table with an enticing menu of memories.