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My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

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• I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.

  

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• My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

  

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