Cuisine Novella
Cuisine Novella by Antoine Laurent, published by Paladin Grafton Books in 1989, is a captivating narrative that intertwines the worlds of haute cuisine and storytelling. The story begins in a restaurant on the Boulevard St-Germain, where the Marquis de St-Lyre encounters Annabelle Fleury. He offers to teach her the secrets of gourmet cooking during a two-day journey to the Côte d’Azur, setting the stage for an exploration that transcends culinary arts and delves into the realms of fantasy and deception.
As the narrative unfolds, readers will find themselves on a transformative journey aboard a Mistral express train, where the search for perfect ingredients leads to extraordinary locations, including an enchanted forest and an Egyptian tomb. Annabelle’s apprenticeship evolves into a complex initiation into the art of storytelling, guided by the enigmatic Marquis. This new edition, comprising 352 pages, invites readers to experience a blend of fiction that challenges the boundaries of imagination and reality, making it a unique addition to the literary landscape.
Official synopsis Publisher
From the front flap of the dustIn a restaurant on the Boulevard St-Germain, the Marquis de St-Lyre meets Annabelle Fleury over the ruins of a ill-prepared champignons à la provençale . A master chef, owner of a restaurant in Nice, he offers to teach the young fashion designer the secrets of haute cuisine in just two days if she will accompany him on a train to the Côte d’Azur.What begins for Annabelle as an introduction to creative cooking becomes a far more dangerous and challenging initiation into the twin art of storytelling as the Marquis, magus-like, leads her deeper into a maze of terror and deceit. For he is a master of illusion, and the ingredients of his art are the fantasies, myths, and nightmares of the consummate storyteller. In search of the perfect ingredients for the perfect dish, they travel to strange places in time and space aboard a transformed Mistral express train. Talk of the perfect mushroom carries them to an enchanted forest; for garlic they search an Egyptian tomb; for oil, a baroque hacienda in Spain. Finally, as the train nears its destination, it is time for Annabelle, the apprentice conjurer, to prove her skills. Unaware of the trap that has been set for her, she begins to concoct, from her memories and imagination, the most beguiling — and dangerous — fantasy of them all. Cuisine Novella is a remarkable and bewitching first novel.
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