“No better way to avoid making a decision than burying yourself in a big fat book.” (p. 105).” — Elizabeth Bard Better way Copy Share Image
“Berthillon's ice cream is dense and creamy--- served, in keeping with French rules of moderation, in golf-ball-size scoops. You have to be… — Elizabeth Bard Flavors Copy Share Image
“A French portion is half of an American portion, and a French meal takes twice as long to eat. You do the… — Elizabeth Bard Copy Share Image
“The description is a good one--- saffron's reddish-golden glow is very much my idea of sunshine in a bottle. Good saffron is… — Elizabeth Bard Golden Copy Share Image
“In Paris the past is always with you: you look at it, walk over it, sit on it.” — Elizabeth Bard Time Copy Share Image
“That's the real reason why French women don't get fat: every day they make "petites" decisions that keep the larger weight loss… — Elizabeth Bard Every day Copy Share Image
“Mostly I’m a thinker, a worrier … it’s not that there’s no free spirit in me. But it’s a free spirit with… — Elizabeth Bard Free spirit Copy Share Image
“If "Sex and the City" taught us anything, it's that Paris is the only city in the world that New Yorkers actually… — Elizabeth Bard New york city Copy Share Image
“The woman's face was like a stone tablet, as if the president of the chess club had wandered over to the Goth… — Elizabeth Bard Copy Share Image
“They weren't tears of sadness or even tears of joy. I was just overflowing. Like so many things since I'd been here,… — Elizabeth Bard Feelings Copy Share Image
“My inner control freak had taken the day off... I had descended from the mountain of the perfect, into the valley of… — Elizabeth Bard Control freak Copy Share Image
“A French conversation starter is more subtle. Work is considered boring, money is out of the question, politics comes later (and only… — Elizabeth Bard Business Copy Share Image
“For the record, I'm not an indecisive person, and I'm not a coward. I just have a very detailed imaginary life, and… — Elizabeth Bard Imaginary life Copy Share Image
“He was still open to the magic of this place. I didn't know a lot of people who were open to magic… — Elizabeth Bard Life Copy Share Image
“I was living "every girl's" dream. But I had yet to find my own passion, my personal project, the thing that would… — Elizabeth Bard Dream Copy Share Image
“The oblong tower of the church, with its wrought-iron steeple, caught the last reflections of the sun against the hills. This is… — Elizabeth Bard Colors-of-the-sunset Copy Share Image
“The French take their bûche de Noël, the traditional Christmas Yule log cake, much more seriously. Gwendal had been training at school,… — Elizabeth Bard Black ice Copy Share Image
“He carefully poured the juice into a bowl and rinsed the scallops to remove any sand caught between the tender white meat… — Elizabeth Bard Champagne Copy Share Image
“Paris presented different questions. If no one asked me for the rest of my life what I did for a living, how… — Elizabeth Bard Life Copy Share Image
“It's simple: Women who pick at their food hate sex. Women who suck the meat off of lobster claws, order (and finish)… — Elizabeth Bard Food Copy Share Image
“The honey-and-thyme ice cream was a hit, and so was the pastis sorbet. We decided we needed to change the name of… — Elizabeth Bard Bright colors Copy Share Image
