The other day, I mentioned the Sous-Chef’s and my penchant for long walks. (We also enjoy: eating candy on the seaside, carrying at least three colors of pens at once, inside jokes,…
Tag: France
I take pictures down narrow streets in Toulouse.
Real post tomorrow. Today, admire the fact that I seem to take the same picture… again… and again… and again. I swear I don’t do it on purpose… which makes it all…
Toulouse: Part One
Several months ago, when I was sitting in my apartment in Paris and planning the amazing trip I was planning to take with the Sous-Chef, I had never been to Toulouse. I…
On est de retour…
There’s a tiny town in the heart of the Aude, in Southwestern France. It’s nowhere near Nice; it’s far enough from Spain so that no one will understand you if you start…
Foodbuzz 24×24: A Proustian Picnic
Et tout d’un coup le souvenir m’est apparu. Ce goût, c’était celui du petit morceau de madeleine que le dimanche matin à Combray (parce que ce jour-là je ne sortais pas avant…
Salade composée with tuna, asparagus and new potatoes
My mom is not a big fan of chocolate. She doesn’t like sweets that much at all, except a bite of really good lemon tart, a nibble of a palmier or maybe…
Mustard Pork Roast with Apples
It’s difficult to explain to people who don’t live in Paris how easy it is to forget that I’m here. I’m not saying this to rub it in your faces, honestly. Sometimes…
A Time for Pagnol
There’s a time of year–that first little itch of spring, the first morning that you can walk out your front door without shivering, the first afternoon where you can shrug your jacket…
Potato-Leek Soup
Living amongst the French for so long has changed my opinions… and not necessarily in the ways that one might think. France, for example, is famous–especially in my capitalist country of origin–as…
Foodbuzz 24×24: Lapin à la moutarde avec Thierry
It’s been awhile since I participated in Foodbuzz’s 24×24 event. Every month, I received the notification in my inbox, put it on my things to do, and then allowed the deadline to…