Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
A collection of posts featuring herbs.
I think I’d like to be a philanthropist when I grow up. I used to want to be a paleontologist, but a philanthropist sounds like a lot more fun… And much cleaner. Now, if I could only get someone (Bill Gates, perhaps?) to give me a few million dollars I could get right at it. … Continue reading…
Chicken and Vegetable Salad with Hummus Dressing In French, one’s in-laws are called ‘belle-famille’. Sister-in-law is ‘belle-soeur’; brother-in-law is ‘beau-frère’. Mother-in-law is ‘belle-mère’; father-in-law beau-père. Belle/beau means beautiful, lovely or handsome. The same words are used, in extended families, to refer to a stepmother, stepfather, etc. Wouldn’t you rather be referred to as a belle-mère … Continue reading…
Gas or Electric? It was really, really close but gas hob with electric oven won by 18 votes. Induction got 1 vote. Electric trailed induction by a wide margin. The reason I like best came from another expat living in France: When the power goes out one can still eat – using the gas cook … Continue reading…
Differences to note between the U.S. and France if/when you decide to buy here (or most European countries): US: Old is 50 years; new is 5 years or less. France: Old is 300 years; new is 50 years or less. US: Central heating means (normally) forced air through ducts, which allows you to also have … Continue reading…
When we sold our house in the U.S. we were told to: Remove anything personal; Pack away all decorative stuff; Replace anything obviously worn; And, in general to ‘tart it up a bit’ and keep it looking as good as possible. The philosophy here, apparently, is: When you can no longer find the floor through … Continue reading…
Composed Salad Between driving to and from the hospital, mowing the lawn and walking the dogs my brain has had rather a lot of downtime lately. For those of you who don’t know, my mind has a disconcerting tendency to wander down little-trodden paths at the best of times. Here are a few of the … Continue reading…
Salad with Avocado and Feta Snakes do not taste like chicken. At least, ours don’t. I’ve lived in this house for more than 4 years, and, though mon mari has always told me there were snakes, big ones, more than a meter long, I never saw them. That error in my education has now been … Continue reading…