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Laced with compelling writing about French food and its ways, Breakfast in Burgundy is part travel memoir, part foodie detective story, part love song to Raymond's adopted home. This book tells the story of the Blakes' decision to buy a house in Burgundy. Raymond describes the moments of despair—such as the water leak that cost a fortune—and the fantastic times too.Blake has admitted to being “fascinated by flavor and how it is created." Breakfast in Burgundy contains tales from the kitchen, and the answer to the question that begins each day, “What's for dinner?" will be given ample coverage. The hunt for the best jambon persillé will be related in detail. The same diligence is applied to the search for the best comté cheese, for there's comté and there's comté—once nibbled, never forgotten.Yet to be perfected by Blake is Chicken Gaston Gérard, said to have been first cooked in Dijon in 1930 for...