Listeners, I may have mentioned once or twice on the podcast before that I’m a huge francophile.

So whenever I have the chance to read a book that takes me back to France or immerses me in the sensory heaven that is French food and wine, I’ll savour it like a glass of Moet and Chandon. 

And so when a book called ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ set in France crossed my desk earlier this year, I knew it was going to be something I would enjoy.

Published by Affirm Press in February this year, 'Eat Your Heart Out' was to me  an ‘Emily in Paris’ meets ‘Julie and Julia’.  A book about French food and culture and about blogging - set against the backdrop of Paris and the French Riviera.

Written by Victoria Brownlee, a writer and editor with experience as a food critic and an international bestselling author of novels that include 'Fromage à Trois' and 'Brioche in the Oven', 'Eat Your Heart Out' is a delightful novel that I gobbled up faster than a wedge of camembert. 

I was delighted to chat with Victoria for the podcast recently.