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The Hundred-Foot Journey
by Richard C. Morais
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1439165653
- ISBN 13
- 9781439165652
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, August 2011. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bring with slight wear to lower corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 272 pages. The story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai, who ends up opening a restaurant in a quiet French village thus triggering a culinary war with the fancy haute cuisine place opposite. Part one: Mumbai; Part two: London; Part three: Lumière; Part four: Paris.
Synopsis
"That skinny Indian teenager has that mysterious something that comes along once a generation. He is one of those rare chefs who is simply born. He is an artist." And so begins the rise of Hassan Haji, the unlikely gourmand who recounts his lifeâÈçs journey in Richard MoraisâÈçs charming novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey . Lively and brimming with the colors, flavors, and scents of the kitchen, The Hundred-Foot Journey is a succulent treat about family, nationality, and the mysteries of good taste. Born above his grandfatherâÈçs modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan first experienced life through intoxicating whiffs of spicy fish curry, trips to the local markets, and gourmet outings with his mother. But when tragedy pushes the family out of India, they console themselves by eating their way around the world, eventually settling in LumiÃúre, a small village in the French Alps. The boisterous Haji family takes LumiÃúre by storm. They open an inexpensive Indian restaurant opposite an esteemed French relais âÈ'that of the famous chef Madame MalloryâÈ'and infuse the sleepy town with the spices of India, transforming the lives of its eccentric villagers and infuriating their celebrated neighbor. Only after Madame Mallory wages culinary war with the immigrant family, does she finally agree to mentor young Hassan, leading him to Paris, the launch of his own restaurant, and a slew of new adventures. The Hundred-Foot Journey is about how the hundred-foot distance between a new Indian kitchen and a traditional French one can represent the gulf between different cultures and desires. A testament to the inevitability of destiny, this is a fable for the agesâÈ'charming, endearing, and compulsively readable.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000003284
- Title
- The Hundred-Foot Journey
- Author
- Richard C. Morais
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1439165653
- ISBN 13
- 9781439165652
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- August 2011
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- fiction, contemporary, 100-foot jouney, One hundred-foot jo, chefs, cooking, food, restaurants, India, Indian, France
- Bookseller catalogs
- India; Cookbooks; Fiction; Asia; France;
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