A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how an Australian man who was raised on white bread - and didn't speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family.
Having fallen in love with a French woman and impulsively moved to Paris to marry her, LA-based film critic John Baxter could hardly refuse the challenge of cooking up a feast for his sceptical inlaws. But what to cook? And how to make it palatable to such a terrifying band of gastronomes?
In this sparkling memoir, we follow Baxter's misadventures and delicious triumphs as he visits the farthest corners of France in search of the country's best recipes and ingredients. Irresistible and fascinating, this book is a warm-hearted tale of good food, romance and family - a cultural and culinary education which teaches us the difference between food that is just edible and something that feeds the soul, and will make you long to be back in France.
