Not Quite Nice
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Drain and arrange two peach halves on top of ice cream.
Pour raspberry sauce over peaches.
Decorate with spun melted sugar or chopped almonds – but never whipped, or any other, cream.
Acknowledgements
Angus
Christopher
All my friends at La Civette Du Cours
Constance
Fidelis
Gilbert
Jose Mari
Josey-Anne at the Language School
The bus drivers on the Lignes d’Azur
Lima, meilleure pour autant que je sache
Maïtre d’ at Alain Ducasse Restaurant, Louis XV, Monte Carlo
Nerys and Patrick
Raymond
Richard
Les sauveteurs des plages de Nice
To all my friends at Le Safari Restaurant for always giving me an extra special welcome and desserts
Sebastian
A Note on the Author
Celia Imrie is an Olivier Award-winning actress best known for her parts in the films Calendar Girls and Nanny McPhee. In February 2015 she returns as Madge in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Her roles on stage include Dotty in Noises Off and Mrs Tilehouse in The Sea and, on television, Diana in After You’ve Gone, Vera in A Dark Adapted Eye and Miss Babes in Acorn Antiques. Last year she brought her cabaret/revue Laughing Matters to Crazy Coqs and then to the St James Theatre. Her autobiography, The Happy Hoofer, was published in 2011.
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