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As so often happens, I needed an audio for my now reduced commute [3 days per week–2 work at home days] and a friend had just posted on Goodreads that she had enjoyed this. Nothing on my TBR was avaiable [let me rephrase that, nothing on my enormous Goodreads’s TBR was avaiable that interested me at that moment] so I checkedmy library’s e-audio ap and yes! It was avaiable.
The Story
“[N]ever forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.”
“Good taste is not the birthright of sn ...more
As so often happens, I needed an audio for my now reduced commute [3 days per week–2 work at home days] and a friend had just posted on Goodreads that she had enjoyed this. Nothing on my TBR was avaiable [let me rephrase that, nothing on my enormous Goodreads’s TBR was avaiable that interested me at that moment] so I checkedmy library’s e-audio ap and yes! It was avaiable.
The Story
“[N]ever forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.”
“Good taste is not the birthright of sn ...more

A very interesting journey into the culinary world of France, this story follows a young immigrant who becomes a successful chef in the classic French cooking tradition. There is a sub-plot of the story that deals with the treatment of immigrants, but most of the story is about the cooking success of the very talented young chef.

Jul 14, 2014
Kimberly
marked it as to-read



Jan 24, 2017
Kim
marked it as to-read

Nov 17, 2020
Traci
marked it as check-these-out-further