My new book Pâtissier et Étranger is available at all the usual online shops.
The year is 1967. France is experiencing political upheaval and the cold war is in full swing. But young Englishman George Drake just wants to get his diplôme de pâtisserie from the famous Cordon Blanc institute in Paris and go home to Cambridge to open a bakery. Tomorrow's his final examination, at which he hopes to bake the perfect mille-feuille. However, the fates have other things in store....