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That is, John Irving’s new book, Until I Find You – what a great read. Really, very highly recommended. I haven’t enjoyed and been moved by a book so much since William Boyd’s Any Human Heart, which you should buy at the same time as Irving’s new one. A huge novel encompasing decades of Jack…
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Back in Avignon after three weeks cooking other people’s Christmas, New Year and other festive meals. In three different countries, no less; England, Scotland and Switzerland – the hateful, right-hand, German-speaking-only-you-vill-obey! part of Switzerland, too. The part that’s a four hour train ride from the civilised, left-hand, un croissant monsieur? French-speaking part. I cooked lots…
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So that last post was all me, me, me. What a selfish human being I am. Neh. Get over it. On a personal note, I’ve had a very happy year; very happy indeed, in fact. With the final ending of the Late Unpleasantness in March (best use of 24 hours non-stop driving I ever made)…
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Well, I say ‘busy year’. Lots of interesting things have happened but from where I’m sitting I seem to have spent most of the past year either cooking or sleeping. When I finished cooking in Morzine in April I was really done for; stick me with a fork, I’m finished and ready for bed and…
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One of the things that encouraged me to take up cooking professionally was Anthony Bourdain’s book ‘Cooking Confidential’. I enjoyed his swashbuckling stories and formulated a plan to learn to cook and travel the world, mixing it up with fellow kitchen workers from Mexico to Mauritius, living out of a suitcase, three months here, a…
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Delphine drives me to school again this morning; by the time I get to the classroom I’ve already been out of bed longer than I have been for a week. Since I was med-evaced out last week I’ve been doing nothing but lying in bed, being visited by the doctor and a nurse every day.…
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So this chap calls me up. He’s got my details from a website where I’ve put my CV saying I’m looking for a job as a personal, family chef. He’s down between Antibes and Nice and has, he says, “A very interesting proposition” and I will love the job. It doesn’t occur to me to…
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