A hilariously self-deprecating, highly obsessive account of the author's adventures, in the world of French haute c
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English Pages 423 Year 2020
Table of contents :
Contents
COVER
ALSO BY BILL BUFORD
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
I. NO FRENCH
II. LYON WITH TWIN TODDLERS
III. INSTRUCTION BY PAUL BOCUSE
IV. IN A HISTORIC KITCHEN
V. STAGIAIRE
VI. DINNER
VII. ITALY (OBVIOUSLY)
VIII. FRANCE (FINALLY)
IX. THE GASTRONOMIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
X. THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY
EPILOGUE: JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING DIES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR