David D. Downie
Many of you know me as a food, wine and travel writer, a benign curmudgeon who scours the big cities and back roads of France and Italy in search of the authentic and unadulterated. My latest efforts—with striking photography by Alison Harris—are Food Wine Burgundy (see below for details) and Quiet Corners of Rome. The big news item is the April 5, 2011 reissue of Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light as part of Broadway Books’ prestigious “Armchair Traveler” series.
Travel, food and wine are my staples, but I’ve also authored a second novel of suspense, an authentic, unadulterated work of the imagination : Paris City of Night (read more below).
-David D. Downie
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David Downie is a San Franciscan who moved to Paris in the 1980s and divides his time between France and Italy. His travel, food and arts features have appeared in magazines and newspapers worldwide. He’s a European correspondent for Gadling.com and is the author of a dozen nonfiction books and two thrillers.
Take a custom tour of Paris with David and Alison Harris. “Seeing Paris through their very knowledgeable and expert eyes was a feast for the senses. I discovered the parts of Paris and their unique delights that I would never have seen otherwise.”—Miriam Stanger
Take a custom tour of Paris with David and Alison Harris. “Seeing Paris through their very knowledgeable and expert eyes was a feast for the senses. I discovered the parts of Paris and their unique delights that I would never have seen otherwise.”—Miriam Stanger
Quiet Corners of Rome, published by the Little Bookroom on March 9, 2011, is a lavishly illustrated volume with photography by Alison Harris. It features over 50 of the Eternal City’s secret, silent spots: courtyards where mossy fountains splash; landscaped staircases clinging to Rome’s Seven Hills; cool, quiet cloisters; atmospheric ruins dating to the days of Caesar; gorgeous gardens scented by boxwood and bay trees. Some of Rome’s quiet corners boast breathtaking views, others are filled with archaeological or architectural details, from crumbling aqueducts or majestic stone archways, to Renaissance garden follies, frescoed walls, and baroque fountains.
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Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light is now part of the “Armchair Traveler” series at Broadway Books. Updated, expanded and redesigned, it includes over 30 striking, B&W photographs of Paris by Alison Harris and a foreword by Diane Johnson. Legendary travel writer Jan Morris called Paris, Paris “Perhaps the most evocative American book about Paris since A Moveable Feast.” The San Francisco Chronicle says it’s “beautifully written and refreshingly original.” The Chicago Tribune notes that “The delightful and insightful essays in “Paris, Paris” meld history, atmosphere and observations on Paris places, Paris people and Paris phenomena.” Departures magazine observes that Paris, Paris “gives fresh poetic insight into the city.” Order now
Critically acclaimed, Food Wine Burgundy, Food Wine Rome and Food Wine Italian Riviera & Genoa are available on line and at bookstores everywhere.
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