It can be said that wine is part of French diet. Wine is served at every meal (except breakfast) and it is as common as the jar of water on every table. This is especially true for France, Italy Read more
First off, I hope that you can finally SEE my new header. I just love to see my very own pictures of food and places up there. Then there is the cartoon car, plane and train that Read more
La Fête des Rois is a traditional celebration in France on January 6. Since this is not an off work day it’s celebrated the first Sunday of January, unless the first Sunday fall on New Year’s Read more
There use to be a time when people celebrated Christmas in more simple and meaningful ways, in France, and the night before Christmas, Christmas Eve, called “réveillon” in French, was a night of remembrance and celebration.
Walnut Squares (Carrés aux Noix) is the perfect Christmas dessert, and today I want to share with you my mother’s own recipe of this delicious Christmas treat. Why is it called Carrés aux Noix? Well because this Read more
This is my last “regular” post on this last day of November. For the Next few weeks my posts will have a holiday tone and taste I’m afraid. I mean it’s good news for you guys, and I Read more
I hope you had a great Holiday and enjoyed a nice family meal. I know that for most of you the menu included turkey. But what do you do with the left over of the turkey?
The Holidays are upon us and this means that I am going to share lots of recipes on this blog for the upcoming few weeks. I am not going to post another post about my Turkey recipe as Read more
I hear a lot of confusion regarding the French language. Some people are erroneously saying that there are “several” different French languages and some even think that if you speak or understand one you might not be able Read more
November is the Month of two cool festivals in France. The Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Festival and the Festival of Animal and Nature Photography in Montier-en-Der in the Haute-Marne departement.
If you’re like me lovers of animals, outdoors, photography Read more
