I was up til 2:00 am reading this amusing book by David Lebovitz.
Besides his sweet recipes, he writes about the French, their customs, habits and sometimes odd ways. I wonder if posters living in Paris agree with his assessment of
the people of the City of Light? At the end is a list of resources including Detou
where I found my violet mustard (maille doesn't sell it).

What is the name of the book?

It sounds like Paris to the Moon, but I can't remember who wrote that. I read it years ago.

Thin

Oh, wait, that was Adam Gopnik.

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Sorry, The Sweet Life in Paris

You can get a flavour of the book on Amazon where it has the Look inside feature. Seems worth a look probably not in local libraries yet.

And don't go here if you're hungry -

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/

This is going on my list to read. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the reminder. I wanted to read his book. Love looking at his website.