From Xenobe Purvis to Jeffrey Wasserstrom: new books reviewed in short

From Xenobe Purvis to Jeffrey Wasserstrom: new books reviewed in short

Moveable Feasts by Chris Newens What do you do when you want to write about food in one of the world’s most celebrated gastronomic capitals as an Englishman? You have to go a bit off-piste. As readers spiral inwards from the 20th to the first arrondissements of Paris, Chris Newens navigates the distinct elements of each area with a thread of earnestness and sentimentality. You would be forgiven for expecting that the cuisine that still dominates…