Parisian pressure cooker: life in the kitchen for Michelin-starred Hélène Darroze

Edit The Irish Times 06 Feb 2016
The world’s best female chef receives me in the tiny, cupboard-like office from which she surveys the kitchen of “Hélène Darroze,” the Paris restaurant that bears her name. Framed photographs cover the wall ... “It was a beautiful surprise; so much happiness,” she says in the melodic accent of southwest France ... ... Darroze’s life has been changed by the adoption of two Vietnamese girls, Charlotte (eight), and Quitterie (six) ... To be happy ... ....
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