一名年輕紐約女子陷入兩段情迷的回憶錄，一個是她的新男友關達樂，另一個則是法國美食。巴德收拾行囊前往最浪漫的城市展開新人生，也深入了嘈雜的露天市場、時髦的小酒館與纖細的致命美女之中，她發現自己愈是沉浸在法國料理，就愈是了解巴黎，也體會到，法國文化有點像熟成乳酪－－人們只看到堅硬的外表，切開後才會發現柔軟且令人心動的內在…

Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pav? au poivre, the steak's pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? LUNCH IN PARIS is a memoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionate love affairs—one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's most romantic city, Elizabeth is plunged into a world of bustling open-air markets, hipster bistros, and size 2 femmes fatales. She learns to gut her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen), soothe pangs of homesickness (with the rise of a chocolate souffl?) and develops a crush on her local butcher (who bears a striking resemblance to Matt Dillon). Elizabeth finds that the deeper she immerses herself in the world of French cuisine, the more Paris itself begins to translate. French culture, she discovers, is not unlike a well-ripened cheese-there may be a crusty exterior, until you cut through to the melting, piquant heart.