Category: Movable Feast
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Pain Perdu is Never Lost
Pain perdu or "lost bread" in French is never lost. I held the day-old baguette like a trophy won and flashed victory, "Pain perdu." In France a day old baguette is as hard as a brick, no additives…
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Artichoke’s Gina Style
Gina has a way with food. A magic touch. She enters the kitchen, grabs some fresh vegetable chops, stirs, and, voila, a meal. The artichoke: First, cut off the outer leaves and chop the pointy tops off, steam…
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A Day in Provence
Notes from the day: Snow fell around Provence in the towns behind us and in front of us, the weather report says snow is coming but so far our village has not seen a snowflake. My fingers are crossed that…
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Mayonnaise But my Mom Calls it Salad
In all fairness, the mayonnaise salad my mom makes has more than mayonnaise, it also has nine cloves of crushed garlic. Yes, nine. If it weren’t for the head of chopped lettuce I might never have believed it was a…
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Thanksgiving with Cinderella
My Mother use to call me Cinderella, not because I wore glass slippers, nor for my flare for transforming mice into men, but because I was the oldest child followed…