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3. My Stepfather
Episode 3 of 5
Food punctuates Coletteās recollections - with her first truffle and bonding with her stepfather. Read by Barbara Flynn.
The author recalls eating her first truffle, and bonding with her stepfather.
Colette Rossant, celebrated New York food writer and bestselling author of Apricots on the Nile, continues her memoirs in Return to Paris.
She mixes vibrant memories of her teenage years in France after the Second World War with mouth-watering descriptions of meals that changed her life.
Read by Barbara Flynn
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.
Last on
Thu 6 Jul 202302:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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