Chocolat = the perfect Lenten read. What better time to read about a sleeply, legalistic country villages gustatory rebirth? Vianne takes on the reigning patriarch by opening up a chocolaterie about this exact time. The very devout patriarch forbids the townspeople from patronizing Vianne's shop, but her secret chocolate recipes have a way of reeling-in even the most pious.
When Joanne Harris' book has been made into a movie and published in multiple languages. Though the book takes place in France, it was originally written in English. I bought the French translation several years ago and am still working on it.
