Category: Movable Feast
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The French Dining Thing
During the French la Vie retreats, we do more than just go to brocantes… Not only do we fill our suitcases, boxes, and whatever else we can stuff antiques into, we dine, oh boy, do we dine! France has an…
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Cherry Jam Memory: A True Story
Yesterday, my friend Arnelle and I picked cherries as I started to make the jam I remembered a post I wrote about making cherry jam years ago, 12 years ago to be exact! Oh, man. Do any of you remember…
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The Best Nicoise Salad
My cousin Judy made the best Nicoise salad I have ever had without anchovies and used smoked tuna. Each savored bite was better than the first. I did not want it to end. My cousin Judy has a way of…
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Blackberry Pie Making with Va
When you learn how to make pies from the master. My mom bakes every day- every day, she makes cookies, pie, cream puffs, or something in that sweet order and from scratch. And even though she can make those sweet…
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Apple Yum Rum Cake
We have friends who moved to Cassis a few years ago from the States. Their home is a stone's throw away. If I needed anything while I was in Cassis, I could lean out my window, give a holler,…
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A Morning Delight Sort of…
The orange peel was grated, The raisins had soaked overnight plump like baby cheeks full of spices and cognac, Before diving into making Panettone I made myself a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast while stirring the oatmeal I popped a…