Category: Movable Feast
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An Apple a Day
Photo: At the French Market. As a child I was a picky eater. I could count the things I liked to eat on two hands. White bread, peanut butter but not crunchy, hamburgers plain,…
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How to use Chocolate Chips when you don’t make Chocolate Chip Cookies
Flour, sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs, chocolate chips, walnuts, vanilla, pinch of salt and baking powder… The ingredients are usually something like that when making chocolate chip cookies. In France chocolate chips are hard to find, unless you go to…
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A French Story of Food and Romance
In France it always starts with food. Which you can buy on any street corner. Buy a French baguette, a hunk of cheese, and a box of Medoc wine and attach it to a moped. Picnic a go-go. Beauty is…
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Dinner with a Paintbrush
When I arrived in France I didn’t speak a word of French. Well, I spoke three words maybe five, humble pie was my constant buddy, observing in silence my new vehicle and re-decorating was how I stayed focus during dinner…
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Queen Amen
French Pastries and I are intimate friends. There is nothing untouched between us. Bakeries in France are the pearly gates to heaven! When I arrived in France 19 years ago…I tasted a pastry called Kouign Aman; which is a teaspoon…
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The Love Affair
Photos: Sacha this morning claiming his love affair with my home made Cinnamon Cherry jam. Cinnamon Cherry recipe: Five pounds of cherries Five pounds of sugar Three teaspoons cinnamon ———————————– Pit the cherries and put them in a heavy pot.…