One of the pleasures of living in France is opening up the windows each night to close the shutters (les volets) tight and protect the house from cold and attack, and then opening the windows back up again in the morning to open the shutters and let in the bright sunlit morning. It’s bracing. It can be minus 20° and… Read More
Yesterday was Sir’s 43d birthday and it just coincided with an old friend’s visit to France so I made leg of lamb. It was a hectic day, as you can imagine, because Petit Prince was home from the crèche and the house (in it’s customary tipsy topple shape) needed to be cleaned from top to bottom. I made a moelleux… Read More
What do you do on a day like today? Yeah, I bake too. This is my recipe for a brownie moelleux. A moelleux is a french chocolate cake that is crusty on the edges and gooey in the middle. It’s pronounced « mo-el … and then the ending sounds like the vowels in the word could – mo-el-(and think could without… Read More
In America when we hear stories of the War, and by that I mean World War II, we hear stories of our brave young men going off to a strange country to fight against tyranny, or we might hear of Jewish families that escaped from Europe to start their lives in a place where they would not be persecuted. But… Read More
Sir Renaissance and I met in New York City and it was love it first sight. Nah, just kidding. We must have moved there at a very close interval, he from Bristol and I from Paris (ironically). We met at church, which I suppose to be a step up from the pubs where I would meet my other love interests…. Read More
First off before we get to the chocolate, I need to extend some very special thanks (picture of me weeping at their feet) to people who made my launch possible. The very first thanks goes to Erin at Nirvana Mamma who hosted the blog makeover contest and personally awarded me (through her randomly generated number) the winner. Thank you Erin –… Read More
