Title : A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle - book

Summary :

"The year began with lunch. By half past twelve, the small restaurant was full. There were a few serious diners to admire: entire families with that plumpness one acquires from spending two or three hours a day at the table, their eyes fixed on the plate and conversations postponed. The restaurant's owner, a man who, despite his girth, had perfected the art of twirling in his establishment, had donned the appropriate attire: a velvet smoking jacket and bow tie. His pomaded mustache quivered with enthusiasm as he recited the menu like one intoning a rhapsody: it was a gastronomic aria that he attacked at each table, kissing his fingertips with such enthusiasm that his lips must have been chapped. During lunch, my wife and I thought of previous New Year's Days, passed under the impenetrable clouds of the English sky. It was difficult to associate it with January 1st. the bright sun and the indigo blue sky. Yet everyone kept telling us: it was absolutely normal. After all, we were in Provence..."

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