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Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini took their taste
for French food and channelled it into a foreign cooking school
the COOK’S
ATELIER
RECIPES MARJORIE TAYLOR & KENDALL SMITH FRANCHINI PHOTOGRAPHY ANSON SMART
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t takes a certain kind of tenacity to actually make
dreams come true. Six years ago, mother Marjorie
Taylor and daughter Kendall Smith Franchini packed
up their lives in Phoenix, Arizona to relocate to
Beaune, in the heart of Burgundy’s wine region,
to open The Cook’s Atelier. The idea of a family
business in France that was part culinary school, kitchen boutique
and occasional restaurant was the dream. Visit them there and
they will lead you on a field trip to local producers, vineyards and
flea markets to share what they cherish: food, family and France.
thecooksatelier.com; @thecooksatelier
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