{"product_id":"how-to-eat-a-small-country-a-familys-pursuit-of-happiness-one-meal-at-a-time-9780307984968","title":"How to Eat a Small Country: A Family's Pursuit of Happiness, One Meal at a Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amy Finley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHow to Eat a Small Country\u003c\/i\u003e shares a few key traits with Elizabeth Gilbert's \u003ci\u003eEat, Pray, Love\u003c\/i\u003e in particular an infectiously likeable narrator and mouthwatering descriptions of European food. But Finley's memoir is less precious, more honest, and ultimately more rewarding.\" -- Boston Globe \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA professionally trained cook turned stay-at-home mom, Amy Finley decided on a whim to send in an audition tape for season three of \u003ci\u003eThe Next Food Network Star, \u003c\/i\u003e and the impossible happened: she won. So why did she walk away from it all? A triumphant and endearing tale of family, food, and France, Amy's story is an inspiring read for women everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Amy was hoping to bring American families together with her simple \u003ci\u003eGourmet Next Door \u003c\/i\u003erecipes, she ended up separating from her French husband, Greg, who didn't want to be married to a celebrity. Amy felt betrayed. She was living a dream--or was she? She was becoming famous, cooking for people out there in TV land, in thirty minutes, on a kitchen set . . . instead of cooking and eating with her own family at home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a desperate effort to work things out, Amy makes the controversial decision to leave her budding television career behind and move her family to France, where she and Greg lived after they first met and fell in love. \u003ci\u003eHow to Eat a Small Country \u003c\/i\u003eis Amy's personal story of her rewarding struggle to reunite through the simple, everyday act of cooking and eating together. Meals play a central role in Amy's new life, from meeting the bunny destined to become their classic Burgundian dinner of \u003ci\u003elapin à la moutarde\u003c\/i\u003e to dealing with the aftermath of a bouillabaisse binge. And as she, Greg, and their two young children wend their way through rural France, they gradually reweave the fabric of their family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt times humorous and heart-wrenching, and always captivating and delicious, \u003ci\u003eHow to Eat a Small Country \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the food-filled journey that one couple takes to stay together.","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354605707415,"sku":"9780307984968","price":1397.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780307984968.webp?v=1767308707","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/how-to-eat-a-small-country-a-familys-pursuit-of-happiness-one-meal-at-a-time-9780307984968","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}