January 17, 2012
About my new book
In my Best of 2011 post earlier this month, I hinted at the new book I'm working on, and after receiving several kind requests for details, I thought I'd tell you a little more about the project.
The general idea of the book is to talk about the love affair between French cuisine and vegetables.
It is admittedly a challenge to dine out as a vegetarian in France, where meat and fish are treated as the main character of any special-occasion dis...
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April 30, 2008
Today Show Appearance
I was a guest on the Today Show* yesterday morning, and my segment is now available online, if you'd like to see me demo my Pear and Chocolate Cake-Tart, a recipe taken from Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris.
(This was my second time on the show; read about last year's segment here.)
* The Today Show is a national television show that's broadcast live every morning in the US....
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April 22, 2008
Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris
It is with unmitigated joy that I announce the release of my new book today!
Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris is a book on Paris restaurants and food shops, in which I share recommendations for my favorite spots -- everything from neo bistros and salons de thé to bakeries, outdoor markets, wine shops, and much, much more, as they say -- plus all you need to know to navigate the City of Light and Good Food, plus a dozen recipes.
The book...
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June 25, 2007
On Meeting Jude Law
Okay. Now that I have your undivided attention, let me tell you a bit about my trip to London last week, for the official launch of the British edition of my cookbook.
Said launch was hosted at the French Institute in South Kensington, and catered for by my publisher herself, who prepared a few recipes from the book -- the Zucchini Carpaccio, the Tomato, Chorizo, and Pistachio Bread, the Thyme and Hazelnut Matchsticks, and for dessert, the Cho...
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May 31, 2007
More Notes from the Book Tour
Where were we? Ah, yes: last time we spoke, I had just arrived in Seattle. I am now home, tired but happy, and I thought I would share a few more thoughts and highlights from the final week of my US book tour, between Seattle and San Francisco.
Sharpie. In under two weeks, I managed to go from not knowing what a Sharpie was -- this brand of marker doesn't exist in France -- to being very particular about the Sharpie that I used: if it's a fine...
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May 21, 2007
Notes from the Book Tour
I am writing this post from above the clouds, somewhere between Chicago and Seattle*. I am about halfway through my book tour, and because I'm all for sharing the behind-the-scenes details, I thought I would tell you a bit about the life of a touring author.
Media escorts. In each city that I visit, a media escort has been hired to accompany me: this is someone who knows the area well, who has my schedule, and who drives me from one engagement...
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May 15, 2007
The Shortest 3 1/2 Minutes of my Life
As some of you have already reported, my cookbook was featured on the Today Show* this morning -- you can view the segment online. This was my very first television experience, and it was a fun, fascinating, and rather nerve-racking one: I'll admit I didn't sleep so well the night before, and the jetlag can't have helped.
But the segment was so short -- just three and a half minutes -- that it was over before I had time to even realize it had ...
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April 25, 2007
Book Signing Events
Spring has sprung, the publication date of my cookbook is getting closer by the minute, and my book tour, too, although I can't think too much about it because I have so many things to get done before I leave (buy new dress, write new book), it is making my head spin.
The list of book tour events is still being fine-tuned and a few more will be added in the coming days (in Seattle and London in particular), but I thought I would post it now so...
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February 16, 2007
Book Update, Part VII
If you have been keeping an eye on the moblog, you may have noticed that I have just taken a lightning trip to NYC.
The main reasons for this trip were to brunch with Adam in Brooklyn and to buy a mosquito helicopter for Maxence, but I also managed to squeeze in a series of meetings and work sessions with my publicist, to prepare for the upcoming release of my cookbook in May.
Good things are in the works, but what I am most pleased to annou...
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November 6, 2006
Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen
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As those of you who subscribe to the C&Z newsletter already know, my upcoming cookbook is now available for pre-order on Amazon (and on Amazon.fr, too).
It feels quite peculiar to see it there, as does each step that leads to the book's release* and makes it more real: I have seen the production schedule, I have gone over the first-pass pages laid out as the final book will be, I will soon receive blads and galleys, a...
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August 7, 2006
Book Update, Part VI: What Happens Next?
Last time I mentioned my book was two months ago, when I wrote to say I had completed and delivered the manuscript. But what happens once the bird leaves the nest? The process is no doubt different from one publisher to the next and from one book to the next, but what I can offer is a glimpse into what the past few weeks have held for me.
First of all, a bit of waiting for the editor to share an overall impression. In my case, the wait was sho...
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June 2, 2006
Book Update, Part V: Done!
I am very pleased to announce that as of yesterday, 9:07 pm, the manuscript of my book has officially left my hands, landing just a few seconds later on my editor's desk, 3,635 miles away. The moment I hit "send", my heart thumping audibly, I drew a deep breath, climbed down from the bar stool on which I was sitting, and walked to the fridge to retrieve the bottle of pink champagne that had been chilled for the occasion. A pop, a toast, a sip, ...
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March 13, 2006
Book Update, Part IV: Food Photography
This is Episode IV of my Book Update series, in which I share some behind-the-scenes aspects of my cookbook and the writing thereof, an activity that occupies roughly 99% of my waking and sleeping thoughts. And today kids, the topic will be: food photography.
(Read the first three installments of the series, dealing with the book deal, the recipes, and the recipe testing.)
I never really considered hiring someone else to take care of the phot...
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January 30, 2006
Book Update, Part III: Recipe Testing
This is the third episode of my Book Update series, in which I share the ins and outs of writing a cookbook -- or at least the way I'm tackling it. (You can read the first two parts about The Book Deal and The Recipes.)
Back in late July, when the sun was shining bright and the air was crisp with elation and hope and the workmen had not yet adorned the facade of my building with an ugly brace of light-depriving scaffolding, the list of recipes...
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December 5, 2005
Book Update, Part II: The Recipes
As some of you already know, I am currently working on my first cookbook. This is both an exciting and agonizing endeavor, and while many resources can be found out there -- books, blogs and websites -- to learn more about writing novels and books in general*, I haven't found many** that will hold your hand through the specific process of writing a cookbook. Hence my wish to share with you the ins and outs of the path I am taking.
In this sec...
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November 21, 2005
Book Update, Part I: The Book Deal
Since I officially announced a few weeks ago that there was a C&Z book in the works, I have received quite a few emails asking me for more details. I would hate to spoil the surprise, but I can share a few facts: it will be a book with stories and recipes, a book that you can cook from but also read, curled up on the couch with a mug of tea (or cocoa, as you prefer). I've always been much more attracted to cookbooks in which the author's voice ...
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