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Published 1981
The Baumanière is the famous hotel at Les Baux in Provence which used to score the absolute maximum of points (five place-settings as well as three stars) in the Michelin guide. This refers with relish and respect to its ’demeures anciennes aménagées avec élégance; terrasses fleuries et piscine’. I still have a recollection of seeing this place for the first time when I passed by on foot, on a summer day when the Alpilles were baking and shimmering in the sun, and of how as my eyes f