Father Jean, monk, poet, and cook

There was the “kitchen of the devil”, with the sorcerer’s apprentices in molecular gastronomy. Now we have the “kitchen of God”, that of the Orthodox priest Father Jean, in his beautiful little monastery perched on an eagle’s nest, in the heart of the Cevennes National Park. Academicians, ambassadors, musicians, philosophers, and scientists are among the long list of celebrities who have been going there to recharge their batteries. After the