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I read the author‘s first book, Lunch in Paris, for my virtual foodie book club back in 2011 & I think that the tagged book, the follow-up, has been on my Kindle #TBR for about as long.🤷🏻‍♀️

This is the author‘s second book, but I don‘t think I lost anything by reading this one first. I would still like to read about her life in Paris, but it will feel like a prequel, now. Picnic in Provence is a charming memoir and I love geeking out on the yummy recipes, which I‘ll probably never make. Elizabeth Bard is a lovely human being, living her best life. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Birthday gifts still rolling in 😂😂

Mild pick. I thought I would adore this one, following the writer's move from Paris to Provence, but the writer spends much of her time in angst on childrearing and I'm really only reading for the food. The descriptions of the people and the scenery were great, but I enjoyed her first book more.

#ReadingResolutions #spring 🌷I had good intentions of taking a pic of something green, blooming or spring-like (we don't have big seasonal differences here) but alas, it's gray & drizzly on the first day of spring. Instead I'm going with the book I just got for 50 cents at the library bookstore with it's spring-ish cover, a pic of purple crocuses my niece took because they remind her of my mom 💜& Cadbury Mini Eggs-which always say spring to me.

Not my favorite book set in France. Although many like this author I feel we wouldn't be good friends. Unemotional and somewhat snarky she had a negative attitude and a seeming inability to be a warm affectionate person. Many things American are spoken of negatively ad nauseam. I got tired of "You'd never see this in France" and "French people never would do this" and took those comment as a value judgement. Maybe I was just too easily offended?

One third way through and okay so far. I do enjoy Peter Mayle's Provence writings more than this which is short on details long on relationships. What was fascinating was learning that when you forage for mushrooms you can bring them to your pharmacist for identification. Interesting oui? 🍄😵

#TBRtemptation post! Oh maaaan, I really need this one. A follow-up to her move from NYC to Paris, Elizabeth, her husband, and soon-to-be son visit Provence. They find a famous poet's home, hear of a buried manuscript, and love the cuisine. And they move there. And start an *artisanal ice cream shop* 😱 (while starting parenthood)!!! They experiment with yogurt, olive oil, stuffed veggies, ice creams, sorbets....yowza! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎