The cheffe : a culinary novel
NDiaye, Marie2019
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The Cheffe is born into a very poor family in Sainte-Bazeille in south-western France, but when she takes a job working in the kitchen of a couple in the Landes region, it does not take long before it becomes clear that the Cheffe has an unusual, remarkable talent for cooking. She dreams in recipes, she's always imagining food combinations and cooking times, she hunts down elusive flavours and aromas, and she soon usurps the couple's cook. But for all her genius, the Cheffe remains very secretive about the rest of her life. She becomes pregnant, but will not reveal her daughter's father. She shares nothing of her feelings or emotions. And when the demands of her work and caring for her child become too much, she leaves her baby in the care of her family, and sets out to open her own restaurant, which will soon win rave reviews and be lauded by all.
Main title:
The cheffe : a culinary novel / Marie NDiaye.
Author:
NDiaye, Marie, author
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2019.
Collation:
288 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780857058904 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
1207039