Category: Movable Feast
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The Feast of Epiphany Encore… Memories
1990- With my few French words in my pocket, I often found myself in awkward red-faced situations. On the feast of Epiphany, we were invited to share the Gateau de Rois at a friend's home. Sitting…
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Epiphany, Those Three Kings, the Twelfth day of Christmas and Feves
photo: Feves for the Gateau des Rois that I found while brocanting. Tomorrow is Epiphany, the twelfth day of Christmas. . The Gateau des Rois – King's Cake. 4 cups of grounded almonds and/or hazelnuts, or a mixture…
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French Meal Made Simple
It starts with a baguette and wine, Followed by one course after another, With increasing mouthfuls of sweetness. Now we know why my best friend is elastic. I love how the sugar was stacked…
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Brocante Home in the Kitchen
Brocante home it starts in the kitchen: Linens, jars, baskets, plates, silverware, cups, pots, lids, bowls, knives, cutting board… Endless practical beauty that serves with grace and perfection over a hundred years later. A Creil jam pot, ironstone that…
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Admiring Cupcakes
Out of the blue, early in the evening the doorbell rang. Sacha opened the door to find the young (Thirteen? Fifteen?) neighbor girl standing there with a tray full of beautifully decorated cupcakes. From upstairs I could hear snippets of…