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Ursula caused me to reconsider something. . .

Is anyone familiar with this book? Bistro - Favorite Parisian Bistro Recipes, by Sharon O'Connor? It was published in 1999. It gives several recipes each for about 20 different Paris bistros. I've tried a number of them and they're great. We thought we'd actually eat at a couple of the bistros in the book when we're in Paris, but I'm wondering if anyone has experience with any of them. You can find the book on Amazon with the list of bistros. Since we only have 6 nights there, I want to make the best use of our time, and don't want to try any that you all know wouldn't be worth the effort!

Thank you so much, Mara

Link to article mentioned by st. germain....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7634215/

MSNBC and Budget Travel are partners.

St. Germain, I don't know how I missed this post from you. I have been reading Chocolate and Zucchini for quite some time and love her blog. I'm a good cook "want to be." In my mind, I cook so fabulously! I haven't seen "Budget Travel" magazine, but would love to read her article. Where might I find it?

If you happen upon the May issue of Budget Travel magazine and leaf your way to page 120, you will find a piece written by Clotilde Dusoulier of http://www.chocolateandzucchini.com fame, called "My Paris Is Better Than Yours". Her piece is all about food in Paris! Where to eat it ("EAT"), where to buy it ("SHOP") and what else can be done with, around or about it ("PLAY").

My apologies. My intention was not to clog the forum. Instead, it was to make users aware of a comprehensive resource created by two writers committed to showing the side of France that they experienced during their two years of travel throughout the country. They currently reside in Paris. The links I provided in each post are to information on their website that related to the specific forum category.

It is in Borders. If you are in the United States and near a Borders check it out.

Clogging up the Forum with multiple posts to sell an item is not endearing to many of us.

Hm.... just went through those restaurant and café recommendations.

Everything a bit déjà vu and nothing new for most of the BP members, not even good tips. !
Just my personal opinion though.

Good luck chasing Matisse, I have been doing it ever since Bradbury's Poker Chip Eye; but anyone that feels Chartier is their favorite restaurant is on a different wave length than I.

Chasing Cezanne is a Peter Mayle book.
I said that because you posted on seven different posts here, but it may have been a glitch?

Perhaps it's another book that you've seen. Chasing Matisse: A Year in France Living My Dream hasn't been released yet. It comes out on April 5th. Is it another book that you are thinking of?

Also, what is the list of reasons for not buying the book? I'm not sure I fully understand what that means?

On the other hands, Peter Mayles's "Chasing Cézanne" is fun.

I have seen Chasing Matisse in bookstores and I have to agree that I now have no desire to buy the book.

you just gave me a list of reasons not to buy your book.

The Chasing Matisse Travel Blog covers two years of author James Morgan and his wife Beth's time in France, Corsica and Morocco. It began when they moved to France to follow in the geographic footsteps of his hero Henri Matisse for a book that James was writing.

The website is full of travel notes & recommendations for the Cafés, Restaurants, and Bistrots in Paris.

Additionally the book, titled Chasing Matisse: A Year in France Living My Dream, will be published on April 5th by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster.