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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Paris by Pastry" takes readers on fabulous tour
Just returned from 6 days in Paris. PxP was given to me for Christmas and read on flight. It was fun exploring, with the easy Metro directions, the best, off the main tourist area locations. The little pastry shops around every corner must be some of the world's best. Yes, a French pastry is a wonderful thing!
Published on January 10, 2007 by John R. Slayton
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Better To Go Hungry
Q. What could be better than a book about pastries in Paris? A. Every other travel book I have ever read. This is by far the most misguided, poorly organized, poorly written, misleading, worst edited travel book I have ever purchased. The cover looks like a stock photo issued by the Vichy government. OK, that can be quaint, but as...
Published on February 27, 2008 by Warren Alexander
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Better To Go Hungry,
This review is from: Paris by Pastry: Stalking the Sweet Life in the Streets of Paris (Paperback)
Q. What could be better than a book about pastries in Paris?
A. Every other travel book I have ever read. This is by far the most misguided, poorly organized, poorly written, misleading, worst edited travel book I have ever purchased. The cover looks like a stock photo issued by the Vichy government. OK, that can be quaint, but as I thumbed through it, I noticed many pages regarding the top tourist sights in Paris, a slew of recipes, rambling and inapplicable analogies, sleep-inducing asides and memoirs, and recitations of insipid overheard conversations. There are simplistic graphics and poor quality black and white photos including one that appeared to be a colorfully decorated cake. This evoked a fond childhood memory. Do you remember when color TV sets first came out and they ran ads for them on your black and white set for you only to imagine what color images may look like. Oh yeah, there were some reviews of boulangeries and patisseries buried among the muck. Not one of which made me think, man does that sound delicious or I must go there. The reviews are as enticing as a sidewalk cafe next to a bus stop. So, I decided to google the author, to see what she written and the publisher to ascertain if this was a vanity press publication. It is not. Amazon enumerates the following books for the author: (I swear I did not make up these titles): Tractor-Trailer Trucker: A Powerful Truck Book Crashed, Smashed and Mashed: A Trip to Junkyard Heaven Knuckleboom Loaders Load Logs Her credentials clearly prepared her for Paris by Pastry. So I prepare for my trip to Paris, I never thought I would consider Rick Steves' advice regarding eating the discarded food of others at cafeterias as brilliant.
7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Paris by Pastry" takes readers on fabulous tour,
This review is from: Paris by Pastry: Stalking the Sweet Life in the Streets of Paris (Paperback)
Just returned from 6 days in Paris. PxP was given to me for Christmas and read on flight. It was fun exploring, with the easy Metro directions, the best, off the main tourist area locations. The little pastry shops around every corner must be some of the world's best. Yes, a French pastry is a wonderful thing!
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Paris by Pastry: Stalking the Sweet Life in the Streets of Paris by Joyce Slayton Mitchell (Paperback - Oct. 2006)
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