French menus

[datopone]

Anyone have any good book recommendations for brushing up on French - something focused particularly on food would be ideal...so I can understand the menus at the restaurants in Provence.

[Delucacheesemonger]

Call it a hat trick on Patricia Wells.

[tomotsu]

+1 more, I downloaded her iphone app which along with maps and recs includes an extensive food glossary I've been using often.

[datopone]

nice! better than a book, the iphone ap is where it's at. I downloaded it ($4.99) - the glossary alone is worth much more than that. the link above w/ the pdf is good too, but the ap will come in very handy and I'll look less like an American tourist and more like an American a-hole on his phone at dinner. I suppose the latter is better in France! lol

[sunshine842]

they won't be able to separate you from the French (or German or Japanese or British or Spanish or Brazilian or......) a-hole on his phone at dinner.

[Parigi]

" I'll look less like an American tourist and more like an American a-hole on his phone at dinner."
Vive le progrès !

[Chris VR]

The iPhone app's glossary was very useful for interpreting menus on our trip to Paris. I didn't use explore the app much beyond that.

[mangeur]

www.patriciawells.com/glossary/french...

The alternative, an actual book, is "The A-Z of French Food", Scribo editions, which is rather pricey ($49.95 at Amazon) unless you plan to spend a fair amount of time with French menu and cooking terms.

[sunshine842]

and the online version can be downloaded to a Kindle or smartphone so it's literally at your fingertips when you need it, without adding the bulk and weight of a meaty book.