Bøker av Colette Rossant

Colette Rossant, newly married, has just arrived in America with her husband Jimmy. She is a Frenchwoman in New York, bemused by American customs and the food. But post-war New York is humming and Colette and Jimmy discover a new world in Greenwich Village. This is the story of her journey from a housewife and cook to an acclaimed food writer.

With the help of some mouth-watering recipes, this memoir guides us through a Cairo upbringing, and a Parisian adolesence.

It is 1947 and Paris is recovering from the war. As soon as Colette's family arrive from Cairo, her mother abandons her yet again. Terribly homesick, Colette finds solace in the kitchen with the cook Georgette, and discovers a love for French food. And it is through food that Colette finds happiness in Paris.