We’re delighted to welcome our good friend, food writer Chris Newens to Palette to discuss his new book Moveable Feasts; Paris In Twenty Meals. Chris will be joined in conversation by likeminded food writer Carolyn Boyd, award-winning author of Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France.
Chris and Carolyn will be talking through some of the highlights of their gastronomic adventures in France, which we’ll be pairing with some appropriate refreshments.
Signed copies of Moveable Feasts will be available to purchase on the night, or pre-order yours when booking.
This is a FREE event - space is limited so please follow the link below to reserve your place;
https://www.palettable.co.uk/shoponline/p/moveable-feasts-an-evening-with-food-writer-chris-newens
About Moveable Feasts;
WINNER OF THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD
'Thoroughly entertaining (and hunger-inducing)' The Times
'A joy and an education for anyone who loves Paris' Diana Henry, author of From the Oven to the Table
Paris has a justifiable claim to be the centre of European gastronomy - but beyond its trademark terrasses and zinc-topped tables, what can its cuisine tell us about the city? Chris Newens, an award-winning food writer and long-time resident of the historic slaughterhouse quartier Villette, takes us on a delightful gastronomic journey around Paris' twenty spiralling arrondissements, seeking out, sampling and attempting to recreate a dish that represents each as it is today.
Hemingway wrote that 'wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast'. From Congolese cat fish in the 18th to Middle Eastern falafels in the 4th, to the charcuterie served at the libertine nightclubs of Pigalle in the 9th, Newens lifts the lid on the city's ever-changing, defining and irresistible food culture.
Chris Newens is a writer originally from southwest London, where his family ran the same bakery and tea rooms for six generations. After gaining a degree in Anthropology from the London School of Economics, he moved to Paris, where he has lived for more than a decade. He won the 2024 Jane Grigson Trust Award for new food writers for Moveable Feasts.
Carolyn Boyd is an award-winning British travel and food writer who specialises in France, writing for a wide variety of publications including The Times, The Guardian, National Geographic Traveller, and BBC Good Food. She is the author of From the Source: France (Lonely Planet, 2017), a collection of chef interviews and recipes from every corner of the country. Carolyn is also Communications Manager of the Roux Scholarship, the world's most prestigious chef competition.