Category: Movable Feast
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How to eat a Baguette
Walk to the Boulangerie Buy a freshly baked baguette… tear the end off, and eat it on the way home, save the rest for later. photo: Baguettes from around the corner.
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Raspberry Macaroon
HOW TO MAKE MACAROONS Ingredients: Macaroons: 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 3/4 cup almond powder 3 egg whites 2 Tbsp. sugarPink food coloring. Raspberry filling: 1/2 cup fresh thick cream 1 tbsp. raspberry jam…
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Cynthia’s Cheesecake
I met Cynthia years ago in Paris. We were Americans living abroad; she had a bakery close to my apartment where she whipped up American favorites. Cynthia was a rising star in the pastry…
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Details of Dinner
Last night’s dinner table. Place mats were made from vintage music paper, each guest had to sing a few lines in French of course. No I ‘m just kidding, but the thought did cross…
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The Best Macarons in France
My friend Carol came to visit me last weekend. She loves macaron, I mean loves them. In her small suitcase she brought about a hundred of them, I am not kidding. Carol cleaned out…
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Mums and Pumpkins
The differences between France and America are subtle. Take Mums and pumpkins for example. Mums a fall flower arrives in force in October. They spill out from the French floral shops…