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'A magnificent love story, to be savoured like a delicious meal' Le ParisienFor fans of Antoine Laurain, When All is Said and Julie and Julia comes this emotional and heartwarming story of love between a father and son, told through their shared passion for food. For thirty years, Julien has lived with the question as to why his mother, Helene, suddenly walked out on him and his father - and why his father Henri refused to ever speak of her again.Now, as he sits by his father's bedside preparing to say goodbye, Julien remembers his father's long-lost notebook: a gift from Helene in which he jealously kept the recipes that made him the renowned chef of the Relais Fleuri restaurant.Julien is determined to find this last link to the father he so fiercely loves, and the mother he has never forgotten. But can the secrets to his father's cooking finally help him understand the other secrets Henri has kept all these years?Readers love The Little French Recipe Book'Rich, scrumptious, bittersweet, The Little French Recipe Book is a wonderful novel dipped in a mix of nostalgia, love, and secrets' Meggy 'Heartwarming and a beautiful trip down memory lane' Jacky 'A poignant and heartwarming book that kept me hooked and crave the food described' Anna Maria 'My mouth positively watered with the descriptions of the food . . . If you have already discovered the novels of Antoine Laurain you will love this as well' Linda 'What a treat for all lovers of French cooking, a vivid story with the bonus of lovely recipes spiced with a twist of mystery' Joan

'A magnificent love story, to be savoured like a delicious meal' Le ParisienFor fans of Antoine Laurain, When All is Said and Julie and Julia comes this emotional and heartwarming story of love between a father and son, told through their shared passion for food.For thirty years, Julien has lived with the question as to why his mother, Helene, suddenly walked out on him and his father - and why his father Henri refused to ever speak of her again.Now, as he sits by his father's bedside preparing to say goodbye, Julien remembers his father's long-lost notebook: a gift from Helene in which he jealously kept the recipes that made him the renowned chef of the Relais Fleuri restaurant.Julien is determined to find this last link to the father he so fiercely loves, and the mother he has never forgotten. But can the secrets to his father's cooking finally help him understand the other secrets Henri has kept all these years?Readers love The Little French Recipe Book'Rich, scrumptious, bittersweet, The Little French Recipe Book is a wonderful novel dipped in a mix of nostalgia, love, and secrets' Meggy'Heartwarming and a beautiful trip down memory lane' Jacky'A poignant and heartwarming book that kept me hooked and crave the food described' Anna Maria'My mouth positively watered with the descriptions of the food . . . If you have already discovered the novels of Antoine Laurain you will love this as well' Linda'What a treat for all lovers of French cooking, a vivid story with the bonus of lovely recipes spiced with a twist of mystery' Joan

Der Bestseller aus Frankreich: Eine berührende Vater-Sohn-Geschichte und eine Liebeserklärung an die französische Küche.Monsieur Henri ist ein unvergleichlicher Koch. Er leitet ein Bistro im Osten Frankreichs, das den Gästen noch alles geben kann, was sie sich wünschen. Doch eins steht für Henri fest: Wenn er mal nicht mehr sein wird, soll sein Sohn Julien das Bistro auf keinen Fall übernehmen.Als Henri unheilbar erkrankt, verbringt Julien viele Stunden am Sterbebett seines Vaters. Er hält seine Hand und versucht, sein kulinarisches Erbe in Erinnerung zu rufen. Bald hat Julien einen Wunsch: das Rezeptbuch zu finden, in das sein Vater seine Küchentricks notiert hat. Doch während er sucht, stößt er auf ein anderes Geheimnis.

Riipaiseva tarina isän ja pojan välisestä vaikeasta mutta lujasta rakkaudesta on vastustamaton herkkupala. Julienin isä on kokki ja ravintoloitsija, jota poika ihailee yli kaiken. Vaitonainen isä ei juuri puhu tunteistaan, mutta ilmaisee rakkauttaan ruuallaan. Aikuisena Julien on etääntynyt isästä, joka ei ole hyväksynyt hänen valintojaan, mutta palaa kotiin kun kuulee isän olevan vakavasti sairas. Julien haluaa löytää reseptivihon, johon perheen äiti on kirjannut isän herkulliset reseptit. Syötävän ihana tarina höyryävien patojen ääreltä tuoksuu ja maistuu ranskalaisen keittiön erikoisuuksilta.