Posted: 07 Apr 2014 - David Lebovitz
My Paris Kitchen is finally here!
It’s taken me a few years to get to this day, and I thought I’d give you a
little look behind-the-scenes of how the book was created. There’s a certain
amount of conversation about blogs versus cookbooks, and since I have a foot in
both, I am keenly aware of the connection between the two, but also what makes
them different. 
There’s a lot of talk about whether
food blogs are overtaking traditional cookbooks. What’s changing – in my view – is that people are looking for something else
in a cookbook – not just collections of recipes, which can be found online, but
a storyline that carries the book. I read blogs when I’m sitting in front of my
computer, but I love settling into a chair (or cozy bed) with a good cookbook,
and reading all the stories that accompany the recipes.
So when people ask me, “What’s your
book about?” I answer that it’s a story about how I cook in Paris – where I
shop, how I find ingredients, the friends I like to cook with, as well as
recipes from Parisian friends, chefs, and pastry chefs, with plenty of photos
(and stories) of the outdoor markets, pastry shops, bread bakeries, bistros,
and cafés. The book starts with recipes and stories for l’heure de l’apéro (cocktail
hour), and goes through soups, salads, and main courses, before heading to
dessert, ending with a spectacular bûche
de Noël, that concludes the year across France on a sweet note.
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