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The Proof of the Pudding

Contents

85 chapters · Completed

  1. 1Sugar on the Skin
  2. 2The Kitchen Floor
  3. 3The Rival's Voicemail
  4. 4Two Knives, One Board
  5. 5The Debt File
  6. 6Menu War One
  7. 7The Masking Tape Line
  8. 8The Missing Report
  9. 9The Loan's Small Print
  10. 10The Temp Log
  11. 11Rent and Resentment
  12. 12Amélie's Notebook
  13. 13The First Almost-Touch
  14. 14The Critic Returns
  15. 15The Second Menu War
  16. 16Serge's Shadow
  17. 17A. Fauré
  18. 18The Pause Before the Report
  19. 19The Demonstration
  20. 20Equipment Repossession
  21. 21The Night of Silence
  22. 22The Food-Safety Complaint
  23. 23Suspended
  24. 24Licking Wounds in the Back Room
  25. 25Who Profits
  26. 26The Investor's Offer
  27. 27The Fight That Confesses Everything
  28. 28The TV Offer
  29. 29The Assistant Clause
  30. 30Léa's Desk
  31. 31Gabriel on Camera
  32. 32The Edited Clip
  33. 33Evidence Table
  34. 34The Truck Rental
  35. 35Théo's Price
  36. 36Community Table
  37. 37The Cake That Wasn't Fun
  38. 38Bertrand's Countermove
  39. 39The Producer's Ultimatum
  40. 40The Forfeited Fee
  41. 41Manon Kessler
  42. 42The Field Notes
  43. 43Théo Vanishes
  44. 44The Filing
  45. 45The Tasting Invitations
  46. 46The Hall in Croix-Rousse
  47. 47The Second Tasting
  48. 48The Photograph
  49. 49The Almost-Confession
  50. 50Rent Deadline
  51. 51The Auction Date
  52. 52Serge Speaks
  53. 53The Signature on the Loan
  54. 54Public Records Demand
  55. 55The Journalist's Condition
  56. 56The Seal Denied
  57. 57After the Ruling
  58. 58The Auction Advance
  59. 59Manon's Decision
  60. 60The Trainee's Testimony
  61. 61Bertrand's Story Runs
  62. 62The Suspension Lifted
  63. 63The Inspection Audit
  64. 64The Fraud Evidence
  65. 65The Reopening Menu
  66. 66The Awards Speech Revisited
  67. 67Bertrand's Arrest
  68. 68The Butter Dish Reassembled
  69. 69Two Brands, One Roof
  70. 70The Wait Is Over
  71. 71The Cold-Chain Verdict
  72. 72The Loan Ends
  73. 73Manon's Testimony at Trial
  74. 74The Sentence
  75. 75Amélie's Return
  76. 76The Article, One Year Later
  77. 77The Public Apology
  78. 78The Dish Goes Home
  79. 79The TV Producer Returns
  80. 80The New Rival Down the Street
  81. 81The Cooperative Dinner
  82. 82The Lease Renewal
  83. 83Two Names on the Door
  84. 84The First Morning After
  85. 85Proof of the Pudding