Clotilde Dusoulier is the 31-year-old Parisian behind the award-winning food blog Chocolate & Zucchini, in which she documents her culinary pursuits and provides a colorful window onto life in Paris. Now a full-time writer, she is the author of the cookbook Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen (Broadway Books, 2007) and of Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris (Broadway Books, 2008), in which she shares recommendations for her favorite restaurants and food shops.

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