NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER A mouthwatering (The New York Times) adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Parisfrom the bestselling author ofSave Me the PlumsandDelicious!

An enchanting and irresistible feast . . . As with a perfect meal in the worlds most magical city, I never wanted this sublime novel to end.Cynthia DAprix Sweeney, author ofGood Company

Stella reached for an oyster, tipped her head, and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean.Oysters,she thought.Where have they been all my life?

When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading Go to Paris. Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a traum