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WOW! Conversations from Paris by our American friend in Paris Terrance Gelenter is à gem. The intriguing and beautiful front cover illustration invites us to listen in on intimate, interesting and informative conversations-between friends. And Terrance has some very noteworthy friends. Writers,  Filmmakers, Film Experts, Chefs, Leaders in many Fields. Some you will be familiar with and some you will be very happy to meet for the first time. One of my favorite conversations was with Film Noir Expert and Expert Bartender Eddie Muller who is a host on TCM Classics TV Channel. His famous tag line is « See you in the shadows », and I do most Saturdays at midnight EST. If you are a fan of classic movies I encourage you to have a pad of paper and pen handy to jot down all of his recommendations. The chapters/conversations stand alone if you only have a short reading break. But this book is hard to put down. I know, I finished it this morning at 2 am. Well done. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on the new book!Michele Scheible


Paris par hasard: From Bagel to Brioches

From Brooklyn to the Left Bank, Terrance Gelenter tells the true, warmly-told story of a New Yorker who traded bagels for brioches — and never looked back. Paris par hasard is part memoir, part love letter: a chronicle of chance encounters in smoky cafés, of friendships forged over long lunches, of wrong turns that somehow led to the right life. With the eye of a born storyteller and the voice of a lifelong expatriate, Terrance paints an intimate, funny, and deeply personal portrait of a man who fell for Paris by accident and stayed on purpose.

A book for everyone who has ever dreamed of starting over in the City of Light — and for those who already have.

 

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The Paris Readers Circle Sweatshirt (2025)

Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print
High-quality cotton sweatshirt with a unique limited print design.
Available in various sizes and colors to suit your style.
Proudly made in America.
Make a statement with our Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print. Crafted from premium cotton, this sweatshirt offers unmatched comfort and durability.

$40.00

The Paris Readers Circle Sweatshirt (Blue, 2025)

Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print
High-quality cotton sweatshirt with a unique limited print design.
Available in various sizes and colors to suit your style.
Proudly made in America.
Make a statement with our Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print. Crafted from premium cotton, this sweatshirt offers unmatched comfort and durability.

$40.00

The Cafe Terrance Mug

Premium White Ceramic Mug 11oz
11 oz (0.33 l)
Rounded corners
Shipping in the US

$20.00

Conversations from Paris: Your American Friend in Paris with Writers, Journalists, Filmmakers, Chefs
Terrance Gelenter has spent decades in conversation with the people who shape our understanding of film, food, literature, and history. In this collection drawn from his celebrated podcast Café Terrance, he sits down with twenty-seven remarkable guests — biographers, filmmakers, war correspondents, chefs, critics, and cultural icons — and transforms their exchanges into intimate, first-person narratives that read like the best kind of memoir.
Here is Jacques Pépin reflecting on a life in French cuisine. John Baxter on cinema in confinement. Eddie Muller on the shadows of film noir. Diane Johnson on her decades in Paris. Betty Werther, la grande dame of expatriates, recalling a city still dusted with the ashes of war. David Thomson on actors and the art of acting naturally. Martin Walker on the enchantments of the Périgord. And twenty more voices, each with a story that only Terrance could draw out.

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$25.00

The Paris Readers Circle Sweatshirt (2024)

Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print
High-quality cotton sweatshirt with a unique limited print design.
Available in various sizes and colors to suit your style.
Proudly made in America.
Make a statement with our Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print. Crafted from premium cotton, this sweatshirt offers unmatched comfort and durability.

$40.00

Travel with Terrance Mug

Premium White Ceramic Mug 11oz
11 oz (0.33 l)
Rounded corners
Shipping in the US

$20.00

The Paris Readers Circle Mug

Premium White Ceramic Mug 11oz
11 oz (0.33 l)
Rounded corners
Shipping in the US

$20.00

The Travel with Terrance Sweatshirt (2025)

Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print
High-quality cotton sweatshirt with a unique limited print design.
Available in various sizes and colors to suit your style.
Proudly made in America.
Make a statement with our Cotton Sweatshirt with Limited Print. Crafted from premium cotton, this sweatshirt offers unmatched comfort and durability.

$40.00