joie joy
kugelhopf nutty cake from Alsace
madame title for married woman
madeleines little sponge cakes
mademoiselle title for young woman
magret cut of duck meat
mairie town hall
maman mother
mec bugger
merde shit
métro underground railway in Paris
mille-feuille yummy custardy pastry
mousse bubbles
must fermenting grape juice
nuage cloud
ooh là là ooh là là
pain au chocolat amande almond and chocolate pastry
pain au levain sourdough bread
pain d’épice gingerbread cake
partager sharing
pastis popular French alcoholic spirit
pâtisserie cake and pastry shop
pâtissière pastry chef or baker
peignoir bathrobe
peine sorrow
pétanque French bowling game
pétiller sparkling
Petite Noix little walnut
plus d’invités more guests
pommes apples
potée champenoise Champagne-style stew
printemps spring
pupitres inverted-V-shaped wooden racks
quatre quarts four quarters
racine root
remerciements acknowledements
remeurs riddlers
remuage riddling or twisting of bottles to move sediment
réveillon Christmas Eve feast
sabayon sauce sometimes made with champagne
saints de glace three particular days in May when frost can do terrible damage
sommelier wine waiter
soupçon tiny bit
stampes crates for carrying grapes
tabac bar or cafe
truite ardennaise French trout dish
vendange harvest
veraison changing colour of grapes
veuve widow
vigneron/s winemaker/s
voilà lo and behold
volonté willpower
About the Author
A tireless researcher, Sarah-Kate Lynch trailed the byways of Ireland for her first novel, Finding Tom Connor; examined the cheeses of the world for her second, Blessed Are; perfected French sourdough bread for her third, By Bread Alone; and frequented the eateries of New York and Venice for her fourth, Eating with the Angels. While working on The House of Peine she drank a lot of champagne. Sarah-Kate lives in Auckland with a large recycling bin and her husband Mark Robins. You can visit her website at www.sarah-katelynch.com.
Copyright
National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Lynch, Sarah-Kate.
House of Peine / by Sarah-Kate Lynch.
ISBN-13: 978-1-86941-798-7
ISBN-10: 1-86941-798-4
l. Title.
NZ823.3—dc 22
A BLACK SWAN BOOK
published by
Random House New Zealand
18 Poland Road, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand
www.randomhouse.co.nz
First published 2006
© 2006 Sarah-Kate Lynch
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
ISBN 10: 1 86941 798 4
ISBN 13: 978 1 77553 366 5
Design: Elin Bruhn Termannsen
Cover design: Sciascia Brothers Advertising
Author photo: Ryan Pratt
Printed in Australia by Griffin Press