Soon to be a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Juliet Blake, DreamWorks Studios, and Participant Media. The Hundred-foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting Hassan's Mumbai-toughened father against the imperious Michelin-starred cordon bleu, until Madame Mallory realizes that Hassan is a cook with natural talents far superior to her own. Full of eccentric characters, hilarious cultural mishaps, vivid settings and delicious meals described in rich, sensuous detail, Hassan's charming account lays bare the inner workings of the elite world of French haute cuisine, and provides a life-affirming and poignant coming-of-age tale.
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Richard C. Morais es autor de dos novelas, Un viaje de diez metros y Buddhaland Brooklyn, y de la biografía no autorizada, Pierre Cardin: The Man Who Became a Label. Es el editor de Barron’s Penta en Nueva York, una revista de familia y finanzas. Americano criado en Suiza, Morais pasó diecisiete años en Londres, donde fue redactor jefe del Forbes y su cobertura internacional le valió seis nominaciones y tres premios del Business Journalist of the Year Awards. Actualmente reside en Nueva York.