Three French children’s songs brought to you by … Petit Prince! Click here to hear him sing: Petit Prince Petit Poisson (and please don’t kill me, but you have to click the link a second time when it shows the attachment page in order to hear it, and then you have to back-click twice to get back to the post… Read More
Archives for August 2011
Dis Donc!
“Dis donc” is a funny expression. It sounds funny to say (dee-donk), and it’s antiquated yet still widely used (unlike zut alors! despite assurances to the contrary from my 7th grade French reader). It literally means, “say, therefore!” which you could take to mean something like Well you don’t say! Or – Would you look at that! Or – I’ll… Read More
Dijon Mustard Tarte
Ahem. Notice anything new? I have included a new tab on my landing page entitled “Cuisine” and it has all the recipes I’ve posted on my blog, almost all of which are French and fairly easy. (If you click on the word Cuisine it will take you there). I’m very excited about it. I hope you will try some of… Read More
Unchained Melody
Oh my love my darling I’ve hungered for your touch a long lonely time and time goes by so slowly and time can do so much are you still mine? I need your love, Godspeed your love to me. Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea to the open arms of the sea lonely rivers sigh ‘wait for… Read More
Sweet Vanilla Toffee Flan
How do you like your flan? Nice soft and pudding-y? Sweet chewy and stick to your ribs-y? I sure hope it’s the latter cuz that’s what we’re dishing up today. I almost called it “Happy Flan” because it’s the first recipe I’m posting from my nearly finished new kitchen. Some have been clamoring for pictures (thank you for feeding my… Read More
Mont St Michel
In Normandy there is a place called Mont St Michel – the mountain of Saint Michael. In the vast plains around it, lambs eat the salty grass that grows from the sea water and people eat their salty meat. Mont St Michel is an island, except for the road that was built to access it. Sometimes the tide comes in… Read More