White Truffles in Winter (N.M. Kelby)

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Fiction Writers Review says: A fictional exploration of the life of acclaimed French chef Auguste Escoffier, Kelby’s latest novel is served in courses.  We begin with the young Escoffier’s seduction of his new wife, the poet Delphine Daffis, at a kitchen table in Cannes.  We encounter his famous friends, patrons, and lovers (most notably the mercurially divine Sarah Bernhardt) as his culinary star rises.  We journey into the famed kitchens of the Savoy and the Ritz, where Escoffier revolutionized fine dining.  And we linger with champagne ghosts at Escoffier’s retirement villa in Monte Carlo. Other reviews use the words sumptuous, voluptuous, exquisite………