New Chapters on the French Riviera

New Chapters on the French Riviera

Author: Jennifer Bohnet Listening Length: 7h 43m

Can a talented chef and a group of writers rediscover joy—and perhaps even create new beginnings? Eight months after suddenly closing its doors, Michelin-starred chef and Villa Celestia proprietor Guy Lyon is almost ready to begin again. When his friend Sandy Thoreau asks to rent the villa on the French Riviera for a ...

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Prepping dinner later that afternoon with Zoe, Guy found himself humming, something he’d always done unconsciously when he was peeling vegetables, making pastry or just experimenting with a dish in the kitchen.

He never hummed in those tense moments of service when customers were waiting for their perfectly cooked meals to be presented to them.

He gave a small smile. His humming had irritated more sous-chefs than he could count.

But here in his own kitchen there was a more relaxed atmosphere than in most professional kitchens, and sous-chefs and kitchen assistants had been known to hum alongside him.