L'Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home
David Lebovitz
For someone who, on paper, is incredibly fortunate—he lives in Paris with a wonderful partner, has many best-selling cookbooks and an incredibly popular blog, and eats delicious French food and pastries every single day—David Lebovitz sure has some rotten luck. L'appart is a sometimes amusing, always frustrating tale of Lebovitz's year-long-plus renovation. It's a great window into the French soul
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