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Tipping

Service with a smile David Fingleton G o to a restaurant in France — any- where from a Michelin three-starred palace in Paris to the simplest establishment in the country — and......

Picnics

The joy of modest excess Anne McElvoy 'There's cold chicken inside it,' replied the Rat briefly, 'coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpick- ledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwiches-......