Category: Movable Feast
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The Hot Chocolate in Italy is so Thick That a Spoon Can Stand Straight Up!
Plus, it sticks to the spoon! Chocolat pudding for breakfast.
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A Celebration in the Cantina
The guests invited, the menu planned, the table set. The doors open wide for a celebration in the cantina. Pasta Al denté with beans and homemade tomate sauce. Something chicken with lemon, frittata, salade, cheese, tiramisu bien sûr – Delicious,…
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Gathering Around the Table
Sharing a meal is the main attraction in France. Being together around a table. Taking in the bounty with gratitude. During the French la Vie we host dinners with creative French friends in their homes. Can you imagine that luxury…
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Spring in a Plate
Food memories the kind that instantly brings you back to a place, a table, a moment. Years ago, traveling with the children, we stayed in a hotel where they served a pasta with a sauce that wasn’t cooked. Just fresh…
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The Green Fairy Drink- Absinth
Absinthe—born in the late 18th century, first as a remedy, a tonic of wormwood and herbs. Switzerland, then France. It found its way into cafés, onto marble tables, into the rhythm of afternoons. Served slowly. A glass, a slotted spoon,…
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A Delicious Salad, my Favorite
Take a red chicory and an endive and tight, slice them thinly toss into a salad bowl and invite a cup of cooked rice, scatter a handful of pomegranate seeds, half of a freshly cooked beet (the other half will…