The Cook and the Gardener: Recipes and Writings from France BBQ Sauce The book is her first

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The Cook and the Gardener: Recipes and Writings from France BBQ Sauce The book is her firstAuthor: Amanda Hesser The ancient link between the gardener and the cook is at the heart of this remarkably evocative cookbook, in which Amanda Hesser tells the story of a year she spent as a cook in a seventeenth century chteau in Burgundy. The property's old gardener was wary of her at first, but over time they became friends, and he showed her a way of life that was quickly disappearing from France. With more than 240 recipes, organized by season,