Life in France

Unbelievable. I just ate a fabulous baguette.  I know, this sounds like an oxymoron, but it isn’t.  Baguettes are generally […]

More tomatoes.  It is simply impossible to stop eating them, they’re so rich, sweet, delicious, juicy.  I even served some

The “canicule” is here.  Every summer we have one, a period of extreme heat that drives people to rivers, the

I’ve got the mother lode of tomatoes in my kitchen, issue from Baptiste Bourdon’s farm. I usually get his tomatoes

It’s almost the full moon, I can feel it in the air.  I can also feel in the air the

The living is easy, this gorgeous month of August. I say gorgeous because I’m a positive person, and I like

Hello from windy, stormy Normandy!  We’re not flooded, but the grass squishes just the slightest bit when you walk on

We were two close friends enjoying a summer lunch together, starting with a glass of Ruinart rose champagne. Patricia Wells

        Whoever heard of the tiniest, sweetest little peas…in August?   Normans, that’s who.  In our region, as