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1 author picked The French Ingredient as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Fascinating story about an American woman starting, maintaining, and succeeding with a French cooking school in Paris. Good descriptions of work/working in France and rules and regulations and difficulties of accomplishing anything

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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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