The French Ingredient

By Jane Bertch,

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1 author picked The French Ingredient as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Fascinating story about an American woman starting, maintaining, and succeeding with a French cooking school in Paris. Good descriptions of work/working in France and rules and regulations and difficulties of accomplishing anything

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