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I absolutely adored this book. Julia writes about her enriching and love filled life in France. This book has me inspired!

I do love a good memoir, and this is a classic for a reason. Recounting how Julia Child wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking with co-authors and its successive volumes while in France due to her husband‘s political position. I became enamored with the vitality with which she describes not only food but everyday encounters with people and life in France. Love it.

Post WWII Paris,its streets,bustling markets,vibrant shops,ancient catacombs,& century old churches,is a character in & of itself in this novel.Tabitha Knight & Julia Child are neighbors & friends in pursuit of adventure.Julia attends a Cordon Bleu cooking school. Often she recreates the school‘s menu‘s for Tabitha & her her Grand-pere & Uncle Rofe. Julia invites Tabitha to demonstrations at her Cordon Bleu school, where in sudden succession,⬇️

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May was a light reading month for me due to work & work travel but I quite enjoyed this foodie mystery set in post WWII Paris with Julia Child the best friend of the MC so it‘s my May #12BooksOf2024 pick. I need to read the second book in the series one of these days.

Honorable mentions were The Seventh Power & A Tempest at Sea.

Merry Everything and Happy Whatever! I hope that some new books found you this season. I can‘t wait to dig into the books my family chose for me, while I break in my new tea set. And yes, that‘s a horrible amount of snow outside.

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1) I might use either of my teen-age nicknames, both based on fictional characters: Esme and/or Molly

2) tagged - though most people in Germany pronounce my name "Yoollya" ??

4 Stars • In "A Murder Most French," the second installment in the "An American in Paris" series by Colleen Cambridge, the story unfolds in postwar Paris, where American ex-pat Tabitha Knight and chef-in-training Julia Child find themselves entangled in a series of murders. The plot thickens as Tabitha and Julia attempt to unravel the mystery behind poisoned wine, which is linked to the darker corners of France's wartime past. ⬇️