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| Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants | 
 enlarge | Author: Alexander Lobrano
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8679
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 0812976835
Dewey Decimal Number: 647.9544361
EAN: 9780812976830
ASIN: 0812976835
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
Release Date: April 15, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Paris Food Junkies will love this June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Will be sampling a few of Lobrano's suggestions in the next few weeks. Delightful reading. Spot on reviews. All too often the tourist gets "ripped off" in going to supposedly great local restaurants, which have long since lost their shine. I can't attest to the authenticity yet - but just the reading has me salivating. Indeed, as one reviewer noted, if nothing else, as one who will be eating solo during this particular trip, the book makes you wish you could find such a great eating companion. I just know I wont be disappointed.
Well done! May 30, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having been to Paris recently, I was curious to see how the author would treat certain of the restaurants I had visited. However, the reading became much more than that as I took great pleasure in reading about many restuarants that I had heard of but did not actually have time to visit.
The author has some clear preferences which become clearer the further one goes into the book. I found that I agreed with most of them from the standpoint of food choices and quality, service and overall ambience.
The coverage of restaurants is very good although some of the neighborhoods are probably too far out of the way for many visitors.
My biggest regret was that the book ended.
I really didn't want to put it down.
The next Patricia Wells May 17, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
20 some years ago Patricia Wells' Food Lovers Guide to Paris changed my approach to dining in Paris, but that source has been woefully absent for some time. Hungry for Paris now has pride of place on my travel bookshelf. First, the writing is so good you almost feel like you're there - and you can only read two or three reviews at a time, because you get too hungry. Face it, Paris is wonderful, but it's full of crap restaurants. If you don't know where to go, you have a 96% chance of being disappointed. This book will keep that from happening. There are choices from casual to haute cuisine, and the accuracy of the reviews of the places I've been makes it clear that the book is thoroughly written and trustworthy.
You can't afford not to buy this book! May 14, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just returned home from Paris and went to three recommended restaurants. They were all great and reasonable despite the sinking dollar. I liked trying the house wines which were a great cross-section of wines I didn't know and now I do! I also stopped ordering bottled water. Loved Astier, Bistro Paul Bert, Le Petit Pontoise. Alexander has a website where he reviews Parisian restaurants www.hungryforparis.com. Check it out, because it's also a great resource.
my guardian food angel May 12, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although I hadn't had a plan to revisit Paris so soon..this book made me want to jump on the next plane and visit quite a number of the restaurants Mr. Lobrano talks about. I delighted in reading his descriptive ancedotes before getting down to the "in a word" and "don't miss". Anyone can write a basic review of a restaurant. Mr. Lobrano's style and voice made me feel like he was speaking directly to me as an old friend, as if he were handing me his personal notes and steering me to the places the average tourist would most certainly miss. If I couldn't be so lucky to have Mr. Lobrano accompany me to dinner, I would most definitely savor his suggestions as if he were my guardian food angel over my shoulder! His creation in "Hungry For Paris" is a masterpiece.
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