Sylvie Bigar: Cassoulet Confessions

This week, Gilly meets travel writer, Sylvie Bigar whose article
about the rich history of the South West French cassoulet
inspired a personal investigation into her often toxic family
history and her own love affair with food. Cassoulet
Confessions is a food memoir which takes us deep into where a
love of food can come from, however dark the path.


A New Yorker brought up in a 'mini Downton Abbey' on Lake Geneva,
Sylvie's story is of class, nostalgia and dysfunctional family
life. As we follow her across the history of both family and what
she finds under the crust of the mystical cassoulet, we get a
tale of two sittings – the folklore and status of the cassoulet
itself, and a potent dish of family secrets and hidden
heritage. 


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