New Yorker magazine writer Bill Buford dons a white hat and works in a series of French kitchens to investigate whether French food is all it's cracked up to be.

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2/2 In the Alps Bill works in a bakery, kills a pig and cooks in a small family restaurant.

Wed 24 Mar 2010 03:00 BBC Four

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