Spring cuisine – ideas from a chef

May 20, 2016

The chef is not, unsurprisingly, me… We recently spent a week with a chef at the Ile de Ré. This chef, …

French Babies Eat Yogurt…?

April 20, 2016

I knew going into this adventure that the eating habits I was used to back home in North America were …

April 9, 2016

Some exciting news: Becoming Madame is Becoming Maman (!!), and that explains, along with the full time job, much of …

March 14, 2016

I have just put down Provence 1970, the book I found in the free book mail box in Chinon …

January 11, 2016

On January 6, France celebrated Epiphany. Like most of the holidays in France, this is a Catholic festival or day …

November 26, 2015

I had only tasted Blanquette de veau one time before I made it the other night. I remembered a thick, …

November 8, 2015

It’s turned off cool here is Paris. The leaves are changing color. The Indian Summer we were experiencing in September …

September 29, 2015

Do you know that Paella is regarded as the Spanish national dish? And do you know how good it is? I …

March 29, 2015

One of the parts of living in France that I love the most is being immersed in tradition. Wine making …

October 4, 2014

I had to laugh! Indeed MUSSELS not someone’s muscles… thanks readers for the correction. I haven’t seen the word in …