'Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it' - DIANA HENRY'Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing - this book will get you hooked' - YOTAM OTTOLENGHIThe nation's 'taster in chief' cycles 2,300 km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes.Agreen bike drunkenly weaves its way up a cratered hill inthe late-morning sun, the gears grinding painfully, like apepper mill running on empty. The rider crouched on top in arictus of pain has slowed to a gravity-defying crawl when, fromsomewhere nearby, the whine of a nasal engine breaks through her ragged breathing. A battered van appears behind her, the customary cigarettedangling from its driver's-side window as he passes, she casually reaches down for some water,smiling broadly in the manner of someone having almost toomuch fun. 'No sweat,' she says jauntily to his retreating exhaustpipe. 'Pas de problme, monsieur.'A land of glorious landscape