France and the Food of War : I
Food offers us so much – nourishment, familial connections, status, comfort, security, and – above all – survival. Truth be …
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Fatema Hal: The Interchange of Culinary Ideas Between Morocco and France
On Tuesday, Fatema’s talk (in French) is on “Maroc-France: La cuisine en partage” (“Sharing Food and Cuisine: Between Morocco and …
Dreaming of France on a Foggy February Morning
This morning I woke up to fog so thick that I wondered if perhaps I’d morphed into a another place …
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 …
The Expert (French) Cook in Enlightenment France: A Review
If you scrutinize sixteenth-century Dutch artist Pieter Aertsen’s painting, “The Cook in Front of the Stove,” you will see a …
The Apples of France: What’s the (Hi)Story?: Speculations about the Origins of Apples in France (Part II)
The frosty morning mists of early autumn roll through the hills, swirling like a white cotton-candy carpet at the base …
Apples in France: What’s the (Hi)Story? (Part I)
You might say that apples and I have a special relationship – apple sauce and apple cakes and apple pies. …
Bringing Home the Bacon … and the Onions and the Cheese: Tarte Flambée, Flammekueche, or Alsatian Pizza Bread
One cold, rainy day in October, I sat in front of a fireplace in a small weinstub, or bistro, in …
December 12: The Virgin of Guadalupe
Patron Saint of Mexico and the Americas Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes once said that “…one may no longer consider himself …
Have a Little Symmetry
Pasta and curtains – who would have thought they’d be so similar? And symmetrical?
