Sometimes you want a boar shank...other times, a macaron.
If the American romantic comedy is past hope and past help, in France, it's very much alive. There are some pitch-perfect French comedies (I Do, My Best Friend, Heartbreaker) and happily, there's a book on our Winter list that's about to join their ranks. Delicacy by David Foenkinos is being made into a movie as we speak, starring none other than French film goddess Audrey Tautou. Tautou plays Nathalie, a beautiful young widow who is romanced by the unlikeliest of suitors: her shy, eccentric coworker Francois. The book is as lightweight and sweet as the macarons on its cover, and strikes the perfect balance between humor and feeling.
These two treats, both book and film, don't come out for some time but they are well-worth the wait. In the meantime, just google-image macarons. Salut!
Yummy! I hope to go back to Paris in October and will have to hunt for some gorgeous macarons.
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Thank you for the heads up. Or perhaps I should say, Merci!
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Posted by: Belstaff | September 09, 2011 at 09:58 PM
I never thought I liked macaroons (you know, the dry coconut kind). Then I went to Paris and had macarons . . .
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