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The inspiration for this restaurant comes direct form my grandmother, Marguerite, who inaugurated her restaurant in 1915 in St. Rйmy de Provenзe. It was called Le Cafй de l'Epicerie ("the cafй grocery"). She was noted for her excellent cuisine and people made "le dйtour" (as the Guide Michelin says, when restaurants are worthy of changing one's direction for) most willingly to taste her spйcialtйs. Some of these recipes come from her creations. Though her restaurant had closed long ago, I grew up imbibing her signature dishes.
I call the restaurant "'Bouterin" in honor of my father, whom we lost while he was still a young man. Although he will never see the restaurant, I wish to do him the honor of calling it by his name.
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