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A day spent with Francoise Branget, French Deputy from Besancon, in the Doubs Department, Franche-Comté. She organized a cookbook put together by French members of Parliament, called "La Cuisine de la Republique," with regional recipes...April 24, 2011..Francoise Branget at home in her kitchen in Besançon, browning chicken for the classic Franche Comté chicken with local white wine and morilles...Photograph by Owen Franken for the NY Times.