French cuisine was codified in the 20th century by Auguste Escoffier to become the modern haute cuisine; Escoffier, however, left out much of the local culinary character to be found in the regions of France and was considered difficult to execute by home cooks.
Ashley Marin is Hanna Marin's mother. Before the series started, her husband, Tom Marin, left them for another woman. Ashley is fed up with that and Hanna, therefore always tells another story: her mom and dad grew apart, split up and it was actually a good thing because her mother is much happier now.
She departed the show in 1989 and returned in 1999 where she remained a central character until 2006. In 2007 and 2008, Davidson's Ashley took a trip to Y&R's sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful. In 1998, she made daytime television history for portraying five characters at one time on Days of Our Lives. Davidson also portrayed Kelly Capwell on the daytime series Santa Barbara and starred in the primetime television series Broken Badges and the telefilm Sharing Richard with Ed Marinaro.