Moveable Feasts

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF THE YEAR

By: Chris Newens

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Hardcover | 30 September 2025

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368 Pages

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A rising-star food writer takes us on a gastronomic adventure around Paris and its melting pot of cuisines

'A joy and an education for anyone who loves Paris' Diana Henry, author of From the Oven to the Table
'A delicious journey through Paris' Sami Tamimi

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.

About the Author

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.

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'Refreshing and totally original. Chris Newens looks at Paris from a fresh, modern perspective' - Sami Tamimi, restauranteur and Jane Grigson Trust Award judge

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