Are you planning to visit France? Eat in a French restaurant? Meet your future French in-laws? There is a certain cheese etiquette that must be followed. Let’s say you’re going to host a dinner with French cuisine; you’ll want to make sure you start with the proper bread. In the absence of baguettes available, go for the crustiest bread you… Read More
In Luxemburg there is a national monument representing La France. It’s a monument that depicts workers on strike. Anyone who lives here, and indeed anyone who chooses to visit on an inauspicious occasion can testify that going on strike is the inherent right and responsibility of the French. The desire to strike beats passionately in the chest of every frenchman… Read More
I love the color periwinkle. I love the name, which reminds me of wink. And twinkle. I love the shade that hovers between light blue and purple. Sometimes there’s just enough purple in the blue to almost constitute periwinkle. (This is stretching it). There are lots of true periwinkle-blue shutters in Bretagne. And sometimes there’s just enough blue in the… Read More
My friend Amanda came to visit with her sons Willem and Oliver. They’re a hop, skip and a eurotrain away in London, but we actually became friends when we lived across the hall from each other in our NY apartment. Willem is exactly two months older than Young Lady, and though I squeezed a kid out in between, little Oliver… Read More
I anticipate Spring. I anticipate that this will become this. I anticipate seeing tiny buds on the plum tree, which will bring me sweet juicy green plums at the end of the summer. I anticipate the roses over the well to bloom, and the apricot tree behind it to be filled with cheerful blossoms, then bright orange fruit. I anticipate… Read More
It’s time again, don’t you think? For another Maison du Chocolat giveaway? I waited until after Valentine’s Day so I could get a discount. (Just kidding). Rules are the same: everyone just has to leave a comment in order to be entered, and you have to live in a country that La Maison du Chocolat delivers to, details here. And… Read More
