Meurtre au café de l'Arbre-Sec

Chefs from generation to generation, the Savoisy family begins the hunt for a precious culinary manuscript. In February 1759, Jean-François Savoisy, an ordinary ice vendor in Paris, is about to discover a new, revolutionary ice cream whose flavor must be kept secret. Convinced of his success, Savoisy is especially thrilled about winning some of the glory away from Procope, his bitter rival. Fame seems to be reaching out to him with open arms. But Savoisy did not count on his wannabe intellectual wife who has firmly sided with authors such as Voltaire, and her darling Diderot in this battle. When the latter entrusts her with a manuscript in order to escape censure, Maïette doesn't realize the danger for herself or her family. She is perilously unaware of two individuals who are also anxious to get their hands on the manuscript, waiting in the shadows for the right moment to pounce.... Food historian, ecologist, Michèle Barrière devotes much of her time to the defense of animals and forgotten vegetables. After working as a journalist for Regal and writing Histoire en cuisine for Arté, she began working on the Savoisy dynasty in 2004.