Happiness seems so unattainable, so utopian. I remember my father, when I was small, used to ask me to gauge my own happiness on a scale of one to ten, and I never, ever, ever said ten.
Category: Salad
Chicken Burrito Bowls with Zucchini and Stone Fruit Salsa
Ah… the Americans have returned. Yes, that is a strange thing to say in Paris — even putting aside the fact that I am American and therefore have no real reason to be commenting…
Quinoa, Peach, Balsamic Chicken, Chickpeas, Feta
I went home this summer. I also went to New York, where I was born, but that’s not what I mean. It’s hard, sometimes, as someone without roots, as someone who has…
Chicken, Blackberries, Feta, Mango, Spinach & 10 Things I Really Like About France
I really like French trains. Not because they’re usually on time, which, in my experience (and contrary to most), they tend to be, and not because they’re inexpensive, which, in general, they…
Tuna and Cannellini Bean Salad
Isn’t it strange how some foods, some dishes, some flavors are associated with a place in time and space? Sensory memory is a strange, strange thing. One moment you’re walking down the…
Cucumber, Seaweed, Avocado, Chicken and Ikura Bowl
The other day, The Country Boy looked at me with relative shock as I burst out laughing. I’m not without humor; it’s what made me laugh that made him so confused. Le…
tomato, roasted onion, corn, tuna salad
I have a tendency to assume that every trouble I encounter — no matter how big or how small — has something to do with the fact that I live in a…
Cobb-ish Salad
I am fully aware of how odd this post will seem, coming right after the last one which was, for all intents and purposes, a long-winded whine about feeling homesick for a…
Another Salade Niçoise
I don’t feel like a foreigner anymore. I suppose it’s been a long time coming, but I had an “aha!” moment yesterday. We came out to Coullons to visit The Country Boy’s…
peach, goat cheese, coeur de laitue
Today at work, someone asked me if I like to cook. It’s not an odd question, rendered even less odd considering what exactly it is that I do. And yet I understand…