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Things I Bring When I’m a Guest for a Weekend (or Week) 26 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
A while back, someone posed the question on Twitter, asking it was okay to bring your own knives if you’re a houseguest for the weekend. It’s a question I didn’t think was all that odd, since I do it ...
Roasted Tomato Soup with Corn Salsa 23 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
If I read one more recipe that begins with saying that the recipe is the perfect way to use up the overload of summer tomatoes, I’m going to scream. Okay, in deference to my neighbors, I won’t. But to...
Black Currant Jam 21 Aug 2013 | 12:33 pm
Someone recently asked me why I do what I do. More specifically, what compelled me. They were particularly focused on how I was likely most concerned with the finished product, asking me if that was m...
Rosé Sangria 18 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
Summer in France means a lot of things in France. En masse vacations, a blissfully empty Paris, price increases (which notoriously happen during August, when everyone is out of town – of course), and ...
Fresh Corn Cakes 15 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am
No one’s been quite been able to explain the popularity of canned corn in France to me. But the explanation of why fresh corn isn’t familiar – or eaten – is that fresh corn is considered animal feed. ...
In and Near Chablis 12 Aug 2013 | 11:47 am
For a variety of reasons, we decided to extend our twenty-four hour vacation by forty-eight hours. Actually, there were only two reasons: One was that there was a massive heat wave last week in Paris ...
Paris Taxi News 11 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
Like many cities, taxis play a major role in getting people around Paris. However getting a taxi in Paris can be quite a challenge. And with only 4000 cabs added since 1937, from 14k to 18K, if you’ve...
Patty Melt 8 Aug 2013 | 11:11 am
A while back, I posted a recipe for a Meatball Sandwich, something I had been craving like a lunatic and just had to get my hands around. Then, a few weeks later, I ran into a reader (at a health food...
Le courant d’air 5 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
I had no idea my mother was French because wherever she sat in a restaurant or – well, anywhere – no mater what the season, there was invariably a courant d’air, or a draft. For all the years I lived ...
Le Mary Celeste 31 Jul 2013 | 11:32 am
The cocktail resurgence has hit Paris big-time (and it’s hit me too), and the team who created Candelaria and Glass, two of my favorite places in Paris, have another hit on their hands with Le Mary Ce...
