Category: Movable Feast
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One French Secret about Baking
My niece Juliette was fourteen when she shared the French's most treasured secret cake recipe with me. She told me that she was going to teach me a classic French cake recipe. She asked me if I had some yogurt.…
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French Cooking and the Home Made Cookbook
This is my tattered, splattered, well worn, cookbook. I started it when I first arrived in France. I carried it with me everywhere… One of the first things I learned when I moved to France was: Cooking was…
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Epiphany, Those Three Kings, the Twelfth day of Christmas and Feves
photo: Feves for the Gateau des Rois that I found while brocanting. Epiphany is the twelfth day of Christmas. Though today is not the twelfth day of Christmas, Epiphany is celebrated today because it is a Sunday. Epiphany is celebrated…
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If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Baked a Cake, Hired a Band….
Chocolate is not my favorite. Neither is baking. In fact I rarely bake. Baking, or I should say making desserts is a calculated risk. Yes it is. Cooking is forgiving, it is not about exact measurements. Most people who like…
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French Food and the American Pig in a Blanket
France and food go hand in hand. France could be called Feast, it is a fitting name. The French love the ritual of dining, feasting and food. The entire French culture is surrounded by food. Those of us living here…
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Stuffed Grape Leaves Rolled up for a Lover
My friend Annie loves to make Stuffed Grape Leaves, I have made them with her a few thousand times, and have had them more often then that in the last fifteen years. A few days ago I made them by…