France's Next Three-Star Restaurant?

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Auberge et Clos des Cimes lures adventurous diners to the sleepy Auvergne Auberge et Clos des Cimes is the only splash of color in St.-Bonnet-le-Froid, one of those rural French villages that look deserted and present a dull-brown stone face to the Peugeots and Renaults whizzing through.

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