num_pages: 352
description: From podcast host Sutanya Dacres comes Dinner for One  an unforgettable memoir of how she rebuilt her life after her American-in-Paris fairy tale shattered starting with cooking dinner for herself in her Montmartre kitchenWhen Sutanya Dacres married her French boyfriend and moved to Paris at twenty-seven she felt like she was living out her very own Nora Ephron romantic comedy. Jamaican-born and Bronx-raised she had never dreamed she herself could be one of those American women in Paris she admired from afar via their blogs until she met the man of her dreams one night in Manhattan. A couple of years later she married her Frenchman and moved to Paris embarking on her own happily-ever-after. But when her marriage abruptly ended the fairy tale came crashing down around her.Reeling from her sudden divorce and the cracked facade of that picture-perfect expat life Sutanya grew determined to mend her broken heart and learn to love herself again. She began by cooking dinner for one in her Montmartre kitchen. Along the way she builds Parisienne friendships learns how to date in French and examines what it means to be a Black American woman in Parisall while adopting the French principle of pleasure especially when it comes to good food and exploring what the concept of self-care really means.Brimming with charm humor and hard-won wisdom Sutanya's story takes you on an adventure through love loss and finding where you truly belong even when it doesnt look quite how you expected.
language: English
title: Dinner for One: How Cooking in Paris Saved Me
publisher: Park Row