New Patricia Wells Food Lover's Guide to Paris

[Shannon]

I think Chris already posted about this, but here's a dedicated thread to this new edition which is now available. I used her 1999 edition on my very first trip and it was indispensable.

Here's a link to the new edition (and not an amazon link, as I encourage everybody to use their local bookstore.)

Food Lover's Guide to Paris

If anyone has already got it, let us know what you think.

 

[Heidi]

and not an amazon link, as I encourage everybody to use their local bookstore.

I completely agree!!!

I just bought Patricia Wells' The New Food Lover's Guide to Paris app for my iPad. Love it, so far... but I have yet to use it in Paris... 37 days to go!

 

[Cameron]

I used her app in Paris in September. I found it most useful to research and bookmark my selections prior to the trip. The glossary is a great resource, too.

 

[Roz]

I wonder if the app has been updated with the content in the new edition of the book. The latest version of the app was January, and it said it was only minor bug fixes. By the way, there is not a specific app for the iPad. You have to buy the app for the iPhone, which you may not be able to download directly to the iPad. However, if you download it to your computer, you can transfer it to the iPad but you have to run it at 2x to fill the screen, which means not the best resolution. Also, on my iPad it runs only in portrait, not landscape, mode.

 

[Heidi]

I wonder if the app has been updated with the content in the new edition of the book. The latest version of the app was January, and it said it was only minor bug fixes. By the way, there is not a specific app for the iPad. You have to buy the app for the iPhone, which you may not be able to download directly to the iPad. However, if you download it to your computer, you can transfer it to the iPad but you have to run it at 2x to fill the screen, which means not the best resolution. Also, on my iPad it runs only in portrait, not landscape, mode.

Interesting Roz! Ever since I read this I've been trying to decide what I have here with Patricia Wells' The New Food Lover's Guide to Paris app. The way it is worded, it appeared to be based on The New Food Lover's Guide to Paris book which has just been launched. When I went to the "details" page of the app, under version history, it said: Version 1.2 Updated Nov. 25, 2013: "Major content uploads to match the upcoming release of The New Foodlover's Guide To Paris." Hmm, what do you think?

Even though there is not a specific app for iPad, I never had to sinc it from my computer or my iPhone. It fills the screen of my iPad and yes, it only runs in portrait. Is it a case of a blind hog sometimes finding an acorn? Half the time I'm not sure how these technologies work and I rarely understand how I manage... but I often do...

I already love this app & can't wait to use it! But, as per this Chowhound review/discussion, not every one is pleased with Patricia Well's efforts.

As an aside, reading about Katie Parla's travails about writing (and self publishing?) an app, it is not only difficult but very expensive . When we talked about the landscape/portrait issue on a Roma tour a few years back, she said adding landscape would have been prohibitively expensive...

Edited to add: Oh, I just opened my app, and noticed I have another new update. They're mainly just address & opening time updates ~ that's 10 so far in 2014.