Month: January 2011
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Born French
For lunch my Belle-Mere served herring marinated in thyme, and potatoes in a mustard sauce on the side. Yes, food again. What else does one do when visiting family in France? Let me tell you it is…
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French Cooking and my Belle Mere
This Little Piglet went to her Belle Mere's (Mother in Law's) house. Her Oink-Husband cautioned, "We gotta control ourselves." This Little Piglet saw that her Oink-Husband did not heed to his own advice…she couldn't help but to follow suit.…
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Dancing in the Farm House Kitchen
In the middle of a field stands an old farm house with an attached barn. Nobody lives there, It use to belong to his grand parents, who had farmers manage it, we bought it many years ago. …
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Dinner with Friends
My friend Francoise lives in an old stone house in a small French village, with her husband, two children, and a cat. Francoise has a studio where she teaches pottery and sculpting. We arrived on a rainy day, the grey…
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In Search of Kouign Anman
A year ago I started to write the story of how I met my French Husband. After a week or so I was derailed by babysitting, brocante and baking up romance for another American and her soon to be French…
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A Room with a View
A room with a view, or I should say rooms with a view. My Belle Mere's home faces an extraordinary buliding, Palace du Commerce, which astoundingly was not bombed during WWII. Across the street, where my Belle Mere lives everything…