La Boutique de L’Antiquaire…

 

La Boutique de L'Antiquaire...

La Boutique de L'Antiquaire...

The month of May in France is one of many holidays in a row.

School holidays.

Children everywhere.

Our friend's son, reading comics, in his parent's antique shop.

Raphael's baskets (shoes) I adore against the wooden floor. 

 

La Boutique de L'Antiquaire...

La Boutique de L'Antiquaire...

 

After hanging out in our friend's shop, we went back to their home at La Madone.

Raphael's mother, my friend Nathalie, asked her son what he would like for dinner as we were going out.

He thought about it, then replied, "Fois gras. Or caramelized duck."

Only in France would a child even think of those opitions. Nathalie made him sauteed chicken breast in a lemon butter sauce.

 

La Boutique de L'Antiquaire...

 

When I was a child peanut butter, jelly and cheese was second to none… I take that back I liked Cocoa Puffs too.

 

 

 



Comments

21 responses to “La Boutique de L’Antiquaire…”

  1. Corey, loving that photo of you. hoping you get this post, i tried a note to Thierry on his birthday and after i edited it it disappeared. So again, May God bless you Thierry with many warm and special moments both large and small in this new year of life! the Happiest of Birthday Years to you! from sunny sw florida, xo jody

  2. Kathie B

    In the bottom photo, what is the cut-glass at the bottom and the right? Part of the mirror? It’s lovely.

  3. Jeannie

    What a beautiful shop! I love the little bird (?) on the screen and the floorboards are wonderful. Have fun!

  4. Are you visiting LaMadone? Lovely!

  5. martina

    Of course you did! Do your nieces laugh when realizing that Aunt Coco loved Cocoa puffs? Raphael sounds like a very wise French boy.

  6. You are amazing Corey…a very special gift to all of us…merci…Judy B

  7. Chico Sue

    When I was a child, my favorite treat was rye bread with butter and sour cram. As a result, I have joined my family of substantially built adult women. And I thought Vick’s cough drops were candy. Not the cherry ones eiter. I think peanut butter and cheese sounds infinitely more delicious! As does fois gras.

  8. Patti Lloyd

    I love the cut glass mirror in the last photo..it looks like your image is shining through lace…and your hair looks lighter? When I was a kid my favorite meal was ham, peas and mashed potatoes..now I’m vegetarian and I don’t even miss ham. Fresh peas with lemon butter and mint..now that’s a treat!

  9. He obviously has good taste! But what else would you expect growing up among all those gorgeous things. My kids have never even seen foie gras or duck breast… but chicken in butter and lemon sauce is a regular favourite. They don’t like peanut butter either, it’s me and my husband who eat it, me with marmalade and him with apricot jam.

  10. Say a big ‘bonjour’ to Nathalie, Jean-Bernard and family from us in Malta! Your post brought back memories of our two lovely stays at La Madone; my son Jacob played with Raphael in their pool. Blissful summer days. Apt and its market a real treat. We went to Lourmarin but weren’t there while La Boutique was open. What a hairpin drive they have from Apt to Lourmarin each day! My son craves Pizza, not foie gras! But he swears the best pizza he ever had was from a pizzeria in Apt, so the French might even pip the Italians at that too!

  11. Barbara

    Peanut butter and banana. Yum!

  12. Elaine LaMonk

    Wow! The differences between American and French kids.
    I recall overhearing two English boys looking at two elephants at the zoo. One commented, “quite massive actually”. A typical American boy of the same age would have probably said something like, “wow, that sucker is big”. I guess we raise kids to be kids and not young adults. I wonder if this is our downfall. What do you think, Corey?
    ~elaine
    Doing my 5th chemo later this morning and on steroids and can’t sleep. LOL It’s 2:00 AM. After nearly three years of ovarian cancer I’m on my third chemo protocol, but still here and feeling good. We hope to take a boat cruise through France, next year. My husband needs shoulder and knee replacement first.

  13. Karen Mitcham-Stoeckley

    Send me that boy, I want him living in my house! My boys would have said Pizza or BBQ ribs! And I really didn’t often serve those foods. Its the American dumbing down about classic foods I guess.

  14. I loved Kraft macaroni and cheese, sloppy Joe’s, spaghettio ‘s, and cocoa pebbles. Gourmet for sure!

  15. Brillant!There is a big difference…………cant say one is more correct then the other!I was a tuna fish sandwich girl myself and CHERRIOS!

  16. Donna B

    I love how French children are taught to eat the foods their parents eat.
    I went on a tour of one of the cheese caves in Roquefort a few years ago and was briefly amazed that all of the children were tasting all of the cheeses. Then I recalled I was in France.
    How is this accomplished? I assume that there are no “kids” foods there–like PB&J, or mac & cheese, etc. How did you learn to teach your children to eat like French children?

  17. Amylia Grace

    Peanut butter sandwiches, Mac ‘n cheese, salami and cheese on crackers, broasted chicken, iced tea and lemonade, lasagna, pizza…I think I was 29 before I had foie gras!

  18. My sisters and I were commenting the other day on my mother’s making our cheese sandwiches with American cheese, openfaced, in the oven. She sprinkled paprika on the cheese and it formed a beautiful crust but was soft and gooey inside. Soft and gooey is my downfall…and comfort!

  19. Kathie B

    Grilled cheese sandwich with extra-sharp cheddar (preferably Tillamook), the outside of both slices of bread buttered, then sandwich fried in frying pan.

  20. Love it. Eating habits for life.
    Asked what she would like for dinner, my daughter always answers: “tomato soup”.

  21. Thats hilarious an american kid has probably not even heard of those foods! They certainly are not on my radar!

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