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Come to the Table: A Passion for Eating and French Living

by Louise Luiggi

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In this memoir, the author describes her travels from her innocent au pair days in Paris, to liberated student living and an impulsive marriage in Toulouse to setting up her own restaurant 'French Living'.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, Travel, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 641 — Applied science & technology Home economics & family management Food, Cooking & Recipes / Meals, Picnics
BISAC: TRV TRAVEL Europe France
BIO BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY General
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Published: 2004
Genres: Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, Travel, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
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