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Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes Audiobook
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The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the heart of Provence.
Ten years ago, New Yorker Elizabeth Bard followed a handsome Frenchman up a spiral staircase to a love nest in the heart of Paris. Now, with a baby on the way and the world's flakiest croissant around the corner, Elizabeth is sure she's found her "forever place." But life has other plans.
On a last romantic jaunt before the baby arrives, the couple take a trip to the tiny Provencal village of Céreste. A chance encounter leads them to the wartime home of a famous poet, a tale of a buried manuscript and a garden full of heirloom roses. Under the spell of the house and its unique history, in less time than it takes to flip a crepe, Elizabeth and Gwendal decide to move-lock, stock and Le Creuset-to the French countryside.
When the couple and their newborn son arrive in Provence, they discover a land of blue skies, lavender fields and peaches that taste like sunshine. Seduced by the local ingredients, they begin a new adventure as culinary entrepreneurs, starting their own artisanal ice cream shop and experimenting with flavors like saffron, sheep's milk yogurt and fruity olive oil.
Filled with enticing recipes for stuffed zucchini flowers, fig tart and honey and thyme ice cream, Picnic in Provence is the story of everything that happens after the happily ever after: an American learning the tricks of French motherhood, a family finding a new professional passion, and a cook's initiation into classic Provencal cuisine. With wit, humor and scoop of wild strawberry sorbet, Bard reminds us that life-in and out of the kitchen-is a rendez-vous with the unexpected.
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“Always on the charming side of irreverent and an engaging narrator, Bard does a lot more than act as a tour guide. She muses on cultural differences, French women…childhood, motherhood, marriage, finding and accepting happiness, and more…Bard’s reflections on life and love (of all kinds) are witty, wise, and as thoroughly refreshing as the scent of thyme, truffles, lavender, and lemon verbena that waft by on a Provençal breeze.”
— BookPage
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“Charming…Bring[s] the tastes of Provence off the page and onto your table.”
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“This memoir…is a treat.”
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“The kind of adventure that makes you long for a fantasy of your own.”
— Bookreporter.com -
“A journalist’s account of the unexpectedly rich life she and her French husband made together after leaving Paris for a small town in southern France…Like the Provençal food and lifestyle it celebrates, Bard’s book is one to be savored slowly and with care. Delectable reading.”
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“Elizabeth Bard is as excellent a narrator as she is a writer. [In] this memoir…A charming experience for anyone seeking information about France; those in love with France may want to listen more than once, as I did. And of course the recipes are mouth wateringly tasty.”
— SoundCommentary.com, Editor’s Pick of the Month -
“Author-narrator Elizabeth Bard presents a story that is as light and delicious as a soufflé…In a lively, humorous manner Bard recounts how she, a sophisticated journalist, becomes a rural French housewife and mother. Her tone is both self-satisfied and self-deprecating…Listeners can go online for specific recipes, but the cooking descriptions are so sensual that they may never need to actually enter the kitchen.”
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A delicious journey through La Belle France...funny, insightful, wicked and wise, and the cherry on top are the delicious recipes.
— Jamie Cat Callan, author of French Women Don't Sleep Alone -
Talk about the sweet life: Elizabeth Bard's new chapter is filled with love, parenthood and her very own ice cream shop, and she graciously shares the journey with a salty swirl of intelligence and humor.
— Amy Thomas, author of Paris, My Sweet -
Once again, Elizabeth Bard welcomes us into a fantasy-this time, family life in a charming old house in the south of France. With its sharing of stories and recipes, Picnic in Provence is a friendship that deepens with every page.
— Suzan Colón, author of Cherries in Winter -
With funny, sharp, and insightful writing, not to mention a collection of delectable recipes, Bard reminds us what is important and that nothing's perfect.
— Michelle Gable, author of A Paris Apartment -
A journey to the true heart and soul of living 'la vie française.' Warm, thoughtful, and beautiful--a memoir to be savored one delicious chapter (and recipe) at a time. From truffle hunting to harvesting saffron, readers will discover that there is way more to France than just Paris. The simple things in life-love and cooking with love-make every struggle and adjustment worth it. Bon app!
— Samantha Vérant, author of Seven Letters from Paris -
This book takes delightful twists and turns. Not unlike the winding roads of Provence. Magnifique!"—Janice MacLeod, author of Paris Letters
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A BookPage Top Pick in Audiobooks for July 2015
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A New York Times bestseller in Travel Books
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About Elizabeth Bard
Elizabeth Bard is an American journalist and author based in Provence, France. Her first book, Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes was a New York Times and international bestseller.