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In VIANNE, Joanne Harris returns to the world of CHOCOLAT with the long-awaited story of Vianne, which begins six years before she opens her scandalous chocolaterie in the small French village of Lansquenet.

Book Club Menu: Bouillabaisse
"But you mustn’t change a thing. Not a thing, you understand?’
I nodded again. ‘I understand.’
That sound again. Heh. You’d better. Now. Bouillabaisse.
His method of teaching is not unlike that of a master of martial arts, explaining the way of the sword to a pupil from the provinces. He lets me hold the wooden spoon. The rest, for the moment, is out of bounds. ‘Just listen,’ he says. ‘And feel it. Cooking is feeling, not knowing.’
Margot’s shapeless handwriting sprawled across the ragged page. Bouillabaisse de Marseille, it says. One of Cyrano’s favourites.
Louis saw me noticing, and swept away the recipe. ‘First, the aromatics. There’s onion, garlic, fennel, thyme, saffron, cayenne and fresh orange rind. Sauté them all in olive oil, until the scents combine and begin to deepen. You still with me?’"
I nodded.
-VIANNE, Joanne Harris

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"The fairy tale-like Vianne is set six years before the events of Chocolat. Harris’s descriptive powers are wonderful whether conjuring Marseille or a pissaladière."
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