Chocolat: Parisian Desserts and Other Delights with Aleksandra Crapanzano

Hosted by the Alliances Françaises (AF) - FAC members are AF members. Registration required. Please see ticket link to register for this free event.
Join us for a conversation with one of our favorite chefs, Aleksandra Crapanzano, who will be talking about her new book, Chocolat: Parisian Desserts and Other Delights.
Aleksandra Crapanzano received the M.F.K. Fisher for Distinguished Writing from the James Beard Foundation and the Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Pastry. A longtime food columnist for The Wall Street Journal, she is also the author of Gateau, The London Cookbook, and Eat. Cook. LA., and her work has been widely anthologized, most notably in Best American Food Writing. She has been a frequent contributor to Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Food52, Saveur, Town & Country, Elle, The Daily Beast, Departures, Travel + Leisure, and The New York Times Magazine. She has worked in the film world, consults in the food space, and serves on several boards with a focus on sustainability. Aleksandra grew up in New York and Paris. She is married to the writer John Burnham Schwartz, and they live in New York with their son, Garrick, and Bouvier des Flandres, Bison.
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For AATF members: the AATF office will send certificates of attendance to members who request the certificate and provide a screenshot. Please email: staff@frenchteachers.org.

RSVP by Aug 13 2026 4:45pm