Background
Muhlstein was born in Paris in 1935.
Muhlstein was born in Paris in 1935.
During World World War II, she stayed in New York City before returning to France in 1945. Muhlstein ’s other works include Par les yeux de Marcel Proust (1971), Louisiana Femme Soleil (1976), Victoria (1978), Manhattan (1986), Reines éphémères, Mères perpétuelles (2001), Les Périls du Mariage (2004), and Napoléon à Moscou (2007). Her Garcon, un cent d’huîtres (Balzac"s Omelet in English), a study of the role of gastronomy in the novels of Balzac, was published in 2010.