A Lady In France

Fig & Almond Clafoutis

Clafoutis, pronounced klah-foo-tee, is from the Limousin region in the center of France. Though sometimes called pelhaire for the uneven way the cherries color the batter, or millard if you're from Auvergne, clafoutis comes from the old French word - claufir, and that comes from the Latin - clavo ... read more

Paris Museum : Jacquemart-Andre

I avoided accents in the title because it tends to mess up the link, but the museum name should be Musée Jacquemart-André. It's located on a quiet leafy Parisian street at 158 Boulevard Haussmann in the 8th arrondissement, within walking distance of the Champs-Elysées. I went last May when ... read more

Coq au Vin Recipe

I was running low on ideas for French cooking, so I asked for suggestions in a local moms group and coq au vin was one of them. Coq means rooster, and vin (you probably know) means wine. Unsurprisingly, this is a classic French recipe. If you don't have a rooster on hand, you can use a really ... read more

The One Who Surprised Jesus

Have you ever read something in the Bible that made absolutely no sense to you? For some people, that one passage will be enough to turn them away completely, saying the Bible is full of contradictions, is written by man, and is a product of the culture of the times. For believers who hold the Word ... read more

What is Regency, anyway?

If you made it to the bottom of my post last week, you'll be expecting this one on the Regency era - what it is, when it is, and why it's so darn fascinating to those of us who read and write in the genre. I began this blog long before I ever thought about writing Regency, and some of you are ... read more

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