For many years, Dany Chouet was the chef and co-proprietor of Cleopatra restaurant and guesthouse in the Blue Mountains, to the west of Sydney. Dany grew up in the village of Vélines, near Bordeaux, where her father was the butcher and charcutier. While Dany did not train as a chef, she was born to cook brilliantly. I have always felt that her cooking reflected genuine French cuisine, in terms o
