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Hassan Haji, has a natural affinity for taste and flavors, absorbing cooking skills from his mother and grandmother in the kitchen of their restaurant in India. When a tragedy takes the family out of Mumbai, they spend 2 years in England with unhappy results.
Then on a searching quest through Europe they break down in front of an abandoned mansion in a village in the Loire Valley of France. Papa sees it as a sign and buys the place and opens an Indian restaurant. Hassan at 17 becomes the princip ...more
Then on a searching quest through Europe they break down in front of an abandoned mansion in a village in the Loire Valley of France. Papa sees it as a sign and buys the place and opens an Indian restaurant. Hassan at 17 becomes the princip ...more
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Enjoyable book about the world of french haute cuisine and the 'clash' between cultures and tastes in cooking.
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