The menu seems more suited to a big-city bistro than a rural pub, offering celeriac gratin and pigeon pithivier (a type of pie) rather than chicken pie and mash.

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Mr. Zimmern recalls when he was dining in the home of a very conservative family in Fez, Morocco, and he got so exuberant over learning how to make pigeon pie, he reached over to give the matriarch a big hug and kiss on the cheek.

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