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GASTRONOMY<br />
Marie-Josèphe Raboud<br />
L’épicurieuse at l’Auberge de Gy<br />
Hidden away in a corner of the Geneva<br />
countryside, Marie-Josèphe Raboud rules<br />
over her kitchen. Here there is no unneces-<br />
sary fuss – her dishes seem simple; but are,<br />
in fact, the great classics of bourgeois<br />
cooking made with a great deal of talent,<br />
flair and experience and with products of<br />
the highest quality.<br />
She is from the Rhone valley, from the very<br />
source of the river to its delta as through her<br />
father, a former pupil at the école hôtellière de<br />
Lausanne, she is Valaisanne, and Camarguaise<br />
through her inn-keeper grandmother and this<br />
is where she was brought up in the warm and<br />
friendly atmosphere created by the cooking of<br />
big family meals. When she was very young,<br />
she toured France with her parents visiting<br />
gourmet restaurants, but also ones that were<br />
less well known and whose reputation was<br />
spread by word of mouth. After a philosophy<br />
Bac, and law studies, Marie-Josèphe realised<br />
that she was happiest when lovingly cooking<br />
a meal for others, and so she decided to make<br />
it her profession. In 1992, she took over the<br />
Auberge de Gy and for the last 20 years, she<br />
spoils all those who seek a pleasurable break,<br />
or for those whom Proust’s Madeleine would