Preserved Lemons: The New French Staple?
Meats preserved in wine become dry and nourishing: they dry out because of the wine; they are nourishing because of …
Category Archives: Africa
Arabs in France: An Early Account by an Egyptian Imam
Rare is the native English speaker who reads and writes Arabic, classical or otherwise. And thus a vast body of …
Unquenchable: Natalie MacLean’s Terrific New Book on Wine
If, like me – overwhelmed by the hundreds of possible choices in front of you at the grocery store or …
The Creation of French Africa: Officialdom at Work
True, the British colonized the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Nigeria, but for all practical purposes, like a roll of …
Belleville Revisited
The Belleville market — straddling the crossroads of Paris’s 10th, 11th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements — presents the determined photographer …
