I cannot rate my paris kitchen as a cookbook because i have not tried any of the recipes i drooled over many of the recipes and hope to make some in the future note to self make the following indian cheese bread p 50 cherry tomato crostini with herbed goat cheese p110 onion soup p118 buckwheat crepes with ham cheese egg p135 ham blue cheese pear quiche p155 steak . In my paris kitchen lebovitz weaves together inviting and insightful tales about his adopted city with a collection of smart fun recipes some of these are total french classics think oeufs mayo and green lentil salad while others give a nod to the ethnic diversity in the city in a nod to his pastry background lebovitz includes a substantial dessert section but its clear from the breadth of the book that his paris kitchen is filled with so much more than sweets here is a cookbook . In my paris kitchen lebovitz weaves together inviting and insightful tales about his adopted city with a collection of smart fun recipes some of these are total french classics think oeufs mayo and green lentil salad while others give a nod to the ethnic diversity in the city in a nod to his pastry background lebovitz includes a substantial dessert section but its clear from the . As the deadline neared with the help of my friend and former editor susan friedland who came to paris i pulled the massive amount of notes recipes stories and tips together and made it a complete book in one giant document on my computer since this book has a lot of stories and many of the stories refer to others in the book i had to be extra careful to make sure that if i referred . My paris kitchen once again has wonderful stories and the recipes are fantastic every recipe that i have made turned out delicious cherry tomato crostini has been made numerous times and lamb shank tagine is delicious david lebovitz is one of my favorite authors i love all of his books