The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A Memoir By Jane Bertch

 I LOVE ❤️ 

Jane Bertch’s new book📕 The French Ingredient.

Jane Bertch started, runs, created, manages and masterminded, LA CUISINE PARIS cooking classes & French Food Tours at 80, quai de l’Hôtel de Ville, 75004

I have been loving 🥰 Jane’s book 📕 since I listened to David Leibovitz’ podcast with Jane on April 6.

I immediately bought the Kindle version. Real books were not yet available & some peep (hello ADHD) need instant gratification.

If you YELLOW mark up your books 📖 like I do, get the Kindle version. If you respect books 📚 get it in the flesh. Then mark it up ✏️ 

I’m annoyed 😖 Jane’s book 📕 was not out the day I landed in Paris 11+ years ago. There is soooo much ESSENTIAL Info on Paris life.

We solitary artists 🎨 don’t get out as much as the rest of you. We miss picking up details, nuances, le petit choses of quotidien life here being bc we’re distracted or busy procrastinating.

When my neighbor invited me in for an àpero 🍸

I didn’t know I was supposed to reciprocate 🙄in a timely manner, instead of 🤔 when I get my studio cleaned up 🧹 I’ll have her over for lunch or something.

The first part of Jane’s book tells of her hysterical adventures working in a French € bank. There is insider information here you can’t find anywhere. Jane, you have a potential hot Netflix series as good as Call My Agent imo 👍

 The adorable instructor Mardi here in a class  I took in 2012. 

The trials & tribulations of creating a cooking school in Paris are beyond daunting. Jane is a type A, as her mother says for sure. 

Why do I love The French Ingredient so much & think you must read it?

Jane is a terrific writer ✍️ 

Cover & sketches by the talented jessie kanelos weiner.  

Jane, throw out the pots & pans and take up the pen 🖊️ permanently. (Knife skills class in 2018)

My face was hurting from smiling 😂 & laughing so much.

Open Jane’s book 📖 & start reading anywhere. It’s perfect for on the Metro 🚇 

There are endless intriguing little stories 

I did not want to finish Jane’s book 📕 though I stayed up till 2:00am last night 🙃 It’s too yummy. (Macaron class in 2010).

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