Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Go directly to recipe Ten days after the Americans wave the Red, White and Blue to celebrate the 4th of July the French wave the Red, White and Blue to celebrate the 14th….14 juillet as it's known in France, Bastille Day to the Brit's and Americans. The two holidays celebrate the same ideal in much … Continue reading…
When we lived in the Midwest, we had a house with a security system and a chain link fence all around. There was a gate to get into the drive and we had two big dogs. The only people brave enough to open the gate and come onto the property without me or mon mari … Continue reading…
Back in the days when both mon mari and I were gainfully employed we traveled with little regard to cost. Not that we stayed in $500.00 per night hotels, but we stayed in nice hotels, usually featuring good restaurants. Ah, the restaurants….that's where we spent our money: wonderful food and outrageously good wine! Well, the … Continue reading…
There is one problem with learning another language and living in another country that is never mentioned by the experts. They all talk about making humorous and embarrassing mistakes in your new home with your new tongue (A Dozen Thursday's) but no one talks about the situation where you hear correctly but the concept is … Continue reading…
Since we moved to France, at least three 'open' areas (fields) have been filled in with small, inexpensive, 'starter' houses. They spring up like mushrooms overnight and are fully occupied within minutes of being finished. Houses are becoming popular. We, Brit's and Americans, tend to live in houses. In the Mediterranean countries, people live in … Continue reading…
Our house in the U.S., like so many, had fake shutters. You know the kind, put on either side of a window as decoration, serving no useful purpose. Here, in France, like everyone else, we have proper, real, working shutters on every window and door. But we don't use them and our neighbors are quite … Continue reading…
We are now the proud holders of unexpired 'Titre de Sejour''s. They arrived last week, in record time (this time…actually it was probably a record last time, too see Parts I – IV) and are valid for almost 9 whole months! That means I don't have to start the renewal process for 6 whole months! … Continue reading…