Yesterday, as I sat in my Spanish class, it was all I could do to keep from laughing as my professor enumerated a list of things not to do, things that, today,…
Category: Recipes
Chicken thighs, tomatoes, onions
One of the things that I love about my job as a tour guide is that it forces me to look at Paris through the eyes of a visitor. I’ve been here…
Apple Cream Cheese Bread
I was fairly adamant, when my father suggested that I go to grad school, that I was done with further education. Then again, I’m fairly adamant about most things, and I’m wrong…
“C’est là où commence l’histoire de la tomate.”
Indian summer is a strange sort of moment in time… it’s the season that, when growing up, discerned the summer I had on Long Island — days melting into one another until,…
Fried Eggs and Home Fries
My interest in France wasn’t originally mine. Sure, I liked it. I got good grades in French class, and I loved the trip I took to Paris with my father when I…
Pesto and Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken with Cinnamon-Scented Lentils
I work in tourism, which means that I meet a lot of Americans who are quite happy when I open my mouth and un-accented English comes out. “Your English is amazing!” they…
Bent-Out-of-Shape Pretzels
I sometimes wonder who the first person was who decided to use the phrase “bent out of shape” to describe another human being. It makes me think of a paperclip that someone’s…
Not Risotto Milanese
I’ve made real risotto milanese before. I even wrote about it, posted a recipe and took pictures. This is risotto milanese. This is not. Aside from the stark difference in color, there…
Apple Butter
After my apple picking adventure last week, I had a lot of apples. While I generally see nothing wrong with having a surplus of any fruit or vegetable, I knew that having…
Figs, goat cheese, and my market
Life in Paris doesn’t always look exactly the way that one might expect. I sort of hope that, in writing this blog, I clarify some of the over-romanticized notions of living in…