Dinner for One: How Cooking in Paris Saved Me (Hardcover)

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Dinner for One: How Cooking in Paris Saved Me (Hardcover)

By Sutanya Dacres

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Dinner for One is much more than just essays about Sutanya’s cooking. It delves into her relationship with her ex-husband, how she ended up in France, the end of that relationship and the beginning of another with cooking. Sutanya goes into detail about her relationship with herself, and how learning French cuisine and interacting with the local food around her truly saved her from self-destructive tendencies. It’s a phenomenal read for anyone in need of some self-reflection with a love of food.

— -- Makayla R., Best Cellars Colfax Manager

Dinner for One is much more than just essays about Sutanya’s cooking. It delves into her relationship with her ex-husband, how she ended up in France, the end of that relationship and the beginning of another with cooking. Sutanya goes into detail about her relationship with herself, and how learning French cuisine and interacting with the local food around her truly saved her from self-destructive tendencies. It’s a phenomenal read for anyone in need of some self-reflection with a love of food. -- Makayla R., Best Cellars Colfax Manager

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From podcast host Sutanya Dacres comes Dinner for One, an unforgettable memoir of how she rebuilt her life after her American-in-Paris fairy tale shattered, starting with cooking dinner for herself in her Montmartre kitchen

When Sutanya Dacres married her French boyfriend and moved to Paris at twenty-seven, she felt like she was living out her very own Nora Ephron romantic comedy. Jamaican-born and Bronx-raised, she had never dreamed she herself could be one of those American women in Paris she admired from afar via their blogs, until she met the man of her dreams one night in Manhattan. A couple of years later, she married her Frenchman and moved to Paris, embarking on her own "happily-ever-after." But when her marriage abruptly ended, the fairy tale came crashing down around her.

Reeling from her sudden divorce and the cracked facade of that picture-perfect expat life, Sutanya grew determined to mend her broken heart and learn to love herself again. She began by cooking dinner for one in her Montmartre kitchen. Along the way, she builds Parisienne friendships, learns how to date in French, and examines what it means to be a Black American woman in Paris--all while adopting the French principle of pleasure, especially when it comes to good food, and exploring what the concept of self-care really means.

Brimming with charm, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Sutanya's story takes you on an adventure through love, loss, and finding where you truly belong, even when it doesn't look quite how you expected.
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Product Details ISBN: 9780778333036
ISBN-10: 0778333035
Publisher: Park Row
Publication Date: June 21st, 2022
Pages: 352
Language: English