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It Might Be a Stereotype, but ….

February 19, 2012

I love this picture of a snail. Like many mollusks, snails seem to have been  eaten in substantial quantities by …

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Dreaming of France on a Foggy February Morning

February 5, 2012

This morning I woke up to fog so thick that I wondered if perhaps I’d morphed into a another place …

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The Apples of France: What’s the (Hi)Story?: Speculations about the Origins of Apples in France (Part II)

January 6, 2012

The frosty morning mists of early autumn roll through the hills, swirling like a white cotton-candy carpet at the base …

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A Few Marrons Glacés for the Season … A Gift for You

December 16, 2011

Photo credit: Robyn Lee A while ago, I promised you a short list of facsimile/translated French cookbooks. The following list …

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Coming Home to Roost: The Chickens of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

November 28, 2011

“If I had to choose between trees and people, I think I should choose trees.” ~~Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings If you’ve …

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Have a Little Symmetry

November 27, 2011

Pasta and curtains – who would have thought they’d be so similar? And symmetrical?

Feeding French Dogs …

November 9, 2011

It’s a dog’s world in France.

Cris de Paris: The Street Criers of Paris in Bygone Days

November 4, 2011

Mushrooms abound in the markets of France in October and early November. And since I found stalls bursting with all …

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Worshipping Different Gods … The French (Food) Reformation

November 2, 2011

People throughout history reveal their preoccupations through their architecture, artifacts, and the written word. These aspects reflect what matters to …

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L’Armagnac Vieux of the Tour d’Argent (and More)

October 29, 2011

Beauty comes in many guises. Appropriately for a restaurant in full view of Notre Dame and its mythical hunchback, the …

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