Category: Living in France
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French Christmas: Santons
Photograpy by: Corey Amaro The Provencal creche is similar to North America's nativity scene, except it includes the entire village, not just a handful of shepherds, drummers, angels… The Provencal santons are made of harden clay. They are either painted…
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French Dining: Lesson Number One
Photographs and text by Corey Amaro I've noticed something recently about dining in France. You see, I like to pride myself by saying, "I am observant. I notice little, mostly unimportant details when many do not." This is not…
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Snow in Provence
Images and text by: Corey Amaro Yesterday it snowed. Like dusting sugar powder on a cake. As the minutes passed, the dusting gave way to icing. Snow in Provence is like having your cake and eating it too.…
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Black Friday in France is not Black
Above photographs by Corey Amaro Chelsea informed me that she was going to do "Black Friday" with my sister in law Diane. In the course of the conversation I realized that I have been in France way too…
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How to Prepare Olives
Photos and text by Corey Amaro: (Olives cassees, BIO, Fait maison, F. V.. Translates: Organic, cracked olives made by Francis and Valerie.) Valerie and Francis, friends of ours (Francis is the one who rode to Norway with French Husband and…
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A Taste of Paris and Provence
A taste of Paris and Provence. Photography and text by Corey Amaro What do you love about France? Paris and Provence are just two parts of it. Each region, city, village has its own personality. Though every part of France…