A Book of Mediterranean Food

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nothing and carried on the
household at the regular rate of 8
francs a day. She even wanted to
include guests at that price, it was
her pride, but of course that was
difficult since she for the honour of
her house as well as to satisfy her
employers always had to give
everyone enough to eat. She was a
most excellent cook and she made
a very good soufflé. In those days
most of the guests were living more
or less precariously; no one
starved, someone always helped,
but still most of them did not live
in abundance. It was Braque who
said about four years later when

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