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Lavender Cushions
After ten years the handmade cushions smell as fresh as the lavender fields that surround Provence. Francoise, an antique dealer in Isle sur la Sorgue made them using…
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Antique Menu Delicious-ness
DeliciousKeptSavouredFound folded in an old book. 1846. Soup, salad, vegetables, meat, cheese, dessert and wine. Turkey with truffles. And a wine of…
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Lemon Polenta Cake Who Knew it Could be So Good!
Whenever Thierry and Gail invite us to their home for dinner, I am blown away by the recipes I discover. Gail is a fantastic cook; I am never…
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Oh Yeah!
Oh yeah! First freelance job. In Paris for a few days. Sacha graduates this summer. Anyone looking for an excellent cinematographer?
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Under the Fig Tree
There is a hammock, like a nest, in an old large fig tree. I have a thing for figs, the scent is one of my favorites. When Chelsea's boyfriend Mr.…
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How to Make a Forest Noire
How to make a Foret Noire (a black forest cake.) Easy… you ask my niece Juliette to come over. She made the chocolate cake (which in itself was almost…
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Twenty Three Years Ago
Twenty three years ago Sacha was born three weeks early. He weighed 8.8 pounds. French husband, Chelsea and I were spending the weekend with Yann's Great…
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Simple Necessities
My Grandmother Frances, Va, came to America from the Azores. Her trunk was filled with simple necessities: Linen towels, Some chemises, A hair…
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How I Met Annie
France celebrates the end of World War II on the 8th of May. Over twenty years ago, when we first arrived in the French village where we live, an elderly…
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