French beans and mange tout may be the staple of a gourmet's supermarket basket, but according to the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya, these luxury vegetables that account for more than two thirds of Kenya's vegetable exports to supermarkets are not consumed by the domestic market.

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When Martha Stewart asked the founder of gourmet meat purveyor D'Artagnan about the hearty French dish of duck confit, garlic sausages and tarbais beans, Ariane Daguin responded in a thick Gascon accent that imparted culinary authority.

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