French Country Cooking: Meals and Moments from a Village in the Vineyards - Mimi Thorisson AltStyleNumber_S16315 Quintessential blue jeans

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French Country Cooking: Meals and Moments from a Village in the Vineyards - Mimi Thorisson AltStyleNumber_S16315 Quintessential blue jeansWe like this. It's the followup to Mimi Thorisson's first cookbook, A Kitchen in France. In this one, "the family moves to an abandoned old chteau in Mdoc. While shopping for local ingredients, cooking, and renovating the house, Mimi meets the farmers and artisans who populate the village and learns about the former owner of the house, an accomplished local cook. Here are recipes inspired by this eccentric cast of characters, including White Asparagus