MY Anne is an economical sort. She doesn’t believe in wasting time or petrol running in and out of St Andrews or Anstruther for a pickle of things. Bread comes under this title. We usually eat one lar

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Given the French love of pastries and desserts, sweet-toothed buyers should have no problem finding a home in France close to a boulangerie or patisserie , says Joanna Leggett

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