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Native Parisian and former California resident, Clotilde Dusoulier discusses her debut work “Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen,” which was released in paperback in May. This discussion took place May 24 as part of the Authors@Google series.

Dusoulier’s journey from software engineer to food writer began as she graduated college and began the necessity of cooking for herself. She relished the experience of attempting new recipes and exploring the vast styles of cuisine available for sampling in the United States. Several years later, Dusoulier returned France, where she began reading food blogs and eventually created her own. After establishing a large following, she decided to make food her career and penned “Chocolate and Zucchini.”

Her talk at Google documents not only her career, but also her philosphy of food and cooking.

“Dusoulier is the Parisian friend we all wish we had. [Her] voice is boisterous, spirited, delightful and entirely forgiving,” writes New York Times Magazine about “Chocolate and Zucchini.”

Within a few minutes of the discussion, you’ll be tempted not only to purchase her book, but also set aside time to read her extensive blog. “While there were too many highlights to count to my stay in the Bay Area,” writes Dusoulier on her blog, “my inner dot-comer got a serious kick out of my visit of the Google campus: having read so much about it, I was pleased to observe that it was every bit as surreal and fun as I’d imagined, an amusement park of a workplace where colorful gizmos abound, and where the food is free and exceptionally tasty.”

Click on the video below to watch Dusoulier’s 37 minute talk at Google: