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A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread - and didn´t speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family.

Having fallen in love with a French woman and impulsively moved to Paris to marry her, LA-based film critic John Baxter could hardly refuse the challenge of cooking up a feast for his sceptical in-laws. But what to cook? And how to make it palatable to such a terrifying band of gastronomes.

In this sparkling memoir, we follow Baxter´s misadventures and delicious triumphs as he visits the farthest corners of France in search of the country´s best recipes and ingredients. Irresistible and fascinating, this book is a cultural and culinary education which teaches us the difference between food that is just edible and something feeds the soul.

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