Month: August 2010
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Home Grown Goodness the Taste of Summer
Homemade tomato sauce is what you do after you have eaten enough tomatoes to make ketchup go out of business. Annie adds hand-picked, then dried Marjolaine to her homemade tomato sauce. She spoils me by giving me a jar…
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The Stories we Learned as Children
A friend of mine recently sent me an email asking me to share a childhood story. In the email she mentioned that she has a friend who is collecting childhood stories from grown ups,and illustrations from children to use in…
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Brocanting in France
Photos by Merisi, text by Corey Amaro. Merisi wanted to document me at the brocante. I was gamed, as long as she followed two rules: Only photograph my good side, which meant the back of my head, and didn't catch…
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French Cafes, Provence for Beginners, Goodbye Brocante
Photos and text by: Corey Amaro Anywhere in France, be it a city, a village, a port town or an island you will find a cafe. If you want to be part of the French scene, stop in a local…
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The Woman at the Window
Photos on today's post taken by Merisi in Arles. The woman at the window. Merisi is a photographer who loves to capture light. She looks for it playing, then focuses her camera to have it paint her photos.…
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Hot Apple Strudel, Vienna for Beginners
Photos and text by Corey Amaro: How to make apple strudel? Ask a Viennese to come to your house, and hopefully she brings the super duper 700 type flour otherwise forget about it. Merisi is Austrian, who lived in Rome,…