Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Every Saturday, in the village of St. Julia, Andorra, there is a group of people meeting for lunch at Ramon's – also know as El Principat. It's not a formal group. Anyone can show up and be welcomed anytime. We went once a month. The only rule is that the gathering is for English speakers, … Continue reading…
It is in the supermarkets and the small local food shops that one notices the most striking differences between life abroad and life in the Midwest. In all villages and cities there are greengrocers: selling only fruit and vegetables; fishmongers selling only fish; various meat shops: selling chicken and other fowl; pork and sausage; beef; … Continue reading…
A week ago we had 'un orage', a thunderstorm. It was not particularly long or violent but there was one brilliant flash. It was enough to send our little, brown dog scrambling for shelter and our big, white dog managed to levitate a good two feet off the floor in response. It was also enough … Continue reading…
I don't know if it's an urban myth or not but I have always liked the story of the university Philosophy prof.'s final exam question of "Why?". All students but one wrote lengthy treatises on the meaning of life (42), the existence of God, etc. The one student, who received the sole 'A' on the … Continue reading…
