Meet the author Sylvie Bigar (in English)
Thu, Nov 09
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The Federation of Alliances Françaises USA invites you to attend an online interview with Sylvie Bigar, author of the best-selling memoir, Cassoulet Confessions.


Time & Location
Nov 09, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
online
Guests
About the Event
The Federation of Alliances Françaises USA invites you to attend an online interview with Sylvie Bigar, author of the best-selling memoir, Cassoulet Confessions.
Cassoulet Confessions is an enthralling memoir by award-winning food and travel writer Sylvie Bigar that reveals how a simple journalistic assignment sparked a culinary obsession and transcended into a quest for identity. Set in the stunning southern French countryside, this honest and poignant memoir conveys hunger for authentic food and a universal hunger for home. In Cassoulet Confessions, Sylvie travels across the Atlantic from her home in New York to the origin of cassoulet – the Occitanie region of Southern France. There she immerses herself in all things cassoulet: the quintessential historic meat and bean stew. From her first spoonful, she is transported back to her dramatic childhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and finds herself journeying through an unexpected rabbit hole of memories. Not only does she discover the deeper…