Author of many books and articles, DONALD MOFFAT is one of our most knowledgeable writers on the French cuisine and the way of life in France.
DONALD MOFFAs’S affection for France goes back to 1916 when he was a young ambulance driver in the uniform of the American Field Service. In the serene days after the First World War, he, his wife, and his young daughters resided in Senlis,Paris, and Pornic, an experience which he wrote of with charm and gaiety in his book The Mott Family in France, But when Hitler began to strut. Mr. Moffat volunteered for the Navy, serving in the Atlantic: and twelve years elapsed before he and Mrs. Moffat could return to their beloved other country.
DONALD MOFFAT, a veteran of both wars, fell in love with France when he was driving for the American Field Service in 1916. For a time between the tears he and his wife and their daughters resided in Senlis, Paris, and Pontic, an experience he has written of with charm and gaiety in his book The Mott Family in France. Last year they went bach again — the first time they bad seen Paris since the Liberation — and the reunion marked the beginning of a new series of papers for the Atlantic, of which this is the third.
DONALD MOFFAT, a veteran of both wars, fell in love with France when he was driving for the American Field Service in 1916. For a time between the wars he and his wife and their daughters resided in Senlis, Paris, and Pornic, an experience he has written of with charm and gaiety in his book The Mott Family in France. Last summer they went back again — the first time they had seen Paris since the Liberation — and the reunion marked the beginning of a new series for the Atlantic. The first paper, “Anniversary in Paris,” appeared in July.
DONALD MOFFAT, the Boston author, became a friend of France during his years in the tmeriean Field Serriee in the First World War. He and his wife made extended visits to the country in the years between the wars., and there he gathered the knowledge of country and character so pleasantly depicted in his books The Mou family in Franco and A Villa in Brittany. Last summer they went back again — the first lime they had been in Paris since the Liberation, and the reunion resulted in a new series of which this is the first.