Steal This Starcation: Chris Noth in Paris

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The allure of Paris is hard for anyone to resist, and Chris Noth is no exception. Long before he was Mr. Big romancing Carrie in Paris, the actor was reading (and re-reading) Ernest Hemingway's classic "A Moveable Feast" and falling in love with the City of Light. "My dream of Paris centered on that era in the 1920s," explains Noth about Hemingway's memoir of his expat years there. "It provides the best description of eating and drinking and creates the idea that drinking wine is an experience." So Noth took Paris by storm, searching for overflowing plates of escargot, great wine and a glimpse of past.